Interviewees, particularly job applicants and medical patients, are often very nervous in interview situations—and understandably so. A good interviewer should adapt to the situational and relational contexts to help the interviewee feel at ease (Ralston, Kirkwood, & Burant, 2003). It would be effective and appropriate, for example, for an interviewer to smile, make eye contact, and offer a handshake. But be sure to keep these behaviors appropriate to the context; imagine if your doctor entered the examining room and gave you a big hug or if a job interviewer told you about his problems with his partner’s parents.