Kate Lorenz, CareerBuilder.com Editor

Certified career counselor Susan Guarneri says to keep in mind that you are only human, as are your interviewers, and everyone knows that stuff happens. When the unthinkable happens in an interview, what's most important is how you manage the situation.

Here are some suggestions on how to handle unforeseen interview mishaps.

Eight Signs You Are

Mark Krajnik, CEO, Next Level Solutions

A red flag is a warning signal, something that provokes an irritated reaction or demands attention.

Hiring managers everywhere look for certain red flags on an application, in responses given during the initial telephone interview, and on site interviews to potentially screen out a candidate in the early stages of the hiring process.To be certain that you will get past the initial screen, be aware of the following common candidate red flags:

By CareerBuilder.com

When you have an interview to prepare for, you probably spend a lot of time planning what to say and what to wear. But do you ever spend any time practicing how you will sound?

They way you answer questions is just as important as what you say, says Renee Grant-Williams, professional voice coach and author of Voice Power - Using Your Voice to Captivate, Persuade, and Command Attention (AMACOM). "People judge us by three things: how we look, what we say and how we say it," she says. She points out that while many people cringe when they hear their recorded voices played back to them, most just accept their voical fate. "Imagine if we felt that way about the way we looked?" she says. "We'd be out there doing something about it."

Grant-Williams says that there are two major aspects about your voice that you can change: the tone and quality, as well as how you deliver your words. Here are some of her tips to make you sound more like the professional you are in your next big interview.

Anthony Balderrama, CareerBuilder.com writer

Job seekers – to put it mildly – don't like interviews very much. Aside from having to dress up and worry about the firmness of their handshakes, applicants have to field question after question. No matter how much they fear unexpected trick questions, job candidates dread the most common ones above all others.

When it comes to the least favorite interview questions, "What is your greatest weakness?" is job seekers' top pick, according to a recent Zogby poll. Although it's a common question, nobody knows what to say. If you're too honest, you've just told the interviewer why you shouldn't be hired. If you pretend you're flawless, you look arrogant and still don't get the job.

When you're asked questions that seem set up to make you look bad, what are you supposed to say?

By Joe Turner

You've heard it said often in the past: "First impressions are the most important." When it comes to the job interview, here's recent proof that bears this out: "Hiring managers often know whether they might hire someone soon after the opening handshake and small talk", a new survey suggests. Executives polled said it takes them just 10 minutes to form an opinion of job seekers, despite meeting with staff-level applicants for 55 minutes and management-level candidates for 86 minutes, on average.