Introducing yourself in an interview, can set the whole tone for the interview. The project and the accomplishmenst you mention, naturally incline the interviewer to follow up with questions.

Few things you need to cover right at start: - Don't be shy, but not overbearing or cocky. - Your elevator pitch about your self.

Now you can steer the conversation before you guys get into it: 1. During your intro, elevator pitch, mention some project or topic that you want to discuss. 2. This could be a project that YOU want to get into, something you are familiar or proud of or would make a good topic to chat about. 3. Interviewers have their fixed questions, but they also want to talk with you about things to learn about you more, giving them this is a good way to steer the conversation for your benefit, and give the interviewer something to talk about. 4. The topic/project, ideally should be big, covers a lot of things you are interviewing about, and something you can get into with the interviewer.