I have done over the phone interviews, informal interviews (at a bar or coffee shop) and the formal sit down and meet and greet kind of interview. Really, the best thing you can do is just relax, because one huge factor they are looking into is if you would work out. Most employers want people who are easy to get along with and would do a good job. Remember that most employers offer some sort of training so knowing the exact job is not needed totally but having a decent background or experience is very highly recommended.

Social networking is also important, and doing your time to build experience. It is not really who you know, it is really more like who knows you. I have had lots of off the record job offers because of the people I know and have worked with in the past. Off the record means they don't want to post the job publicly and sit through a ton of interviews, they just want to hire someone in. My new job I just got because I used to work with one of the IT managers years and years ago and he remembered me and contacted me and offered the job to me. I know manage 17 xserves, and just over 5,000 macs. Of course I started out as a PC tech way back in the day at a warranty repair facility and worked my way up through certs and experience.

Remember, you have to put your time in somewhere, you can't just expect to get hired in over entry level. I think that is the problem with a lot of people this day. They get a degree or a certificate and think they deserve a higher level job than entry level, but they haven't put their time in and earned any experience.

I've worked help desk, customer service, hauled equipment around in trucks (once deployed over 70 laser printers in three weeks, each weighing around 60lbs each), network support, tech support, assembled furniture, swept out the company trucks, repaired technology, basically done about everything so I think I have put my time in but at the same time if something needs to be done I just do it. I don't play that's not my job game like some people do.