OT: Interview Upcoming, Suggestions

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Let them now you're confident

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this

a few things that are fairly common sense:

-be confident. Whatever answer you give, do it with conviction.
-don't fidget around, and make eye contact with whoever you're speaking with
-wear a suit and tie

some other things:

-know the shite about what THEY want from the position. Your actual, on paper former job experience is largely irrelevant in a situation like that. Read the job description online forward and backward and know what skills they want out of it. In all of your answers, relate things that you have done to those skills. It doesn't matter if you haven't had X title previously. You can still say "I see that this role requires [blank], which I have yadda yadda.."
-Research the company. It looks good if you can throw a few little points in some of your answers relating to their organization.
-Ask questions at the end, but not anything related to benefits/salary/perks etc. Ask job related questions
-When they ask about your weakness, for starters don't say something stupid like "I work too hard" and don't say "nothing" either. Say that in the past you had a small issue with something, but did whatever to overcome it. For instance, "In the past I used to have a small issue with time management. But I made a conscious effort to make lists, write things down, and better prioritize my tasks so I wouldn't say that is a problem anymore".
-Again, the MOST important thing I can say is to know front to back, top to bottom what that position does, and relate whatever any/all experience you have to the specific things needed from that position.

When it's over thank them for their time. Send an email later that day thanking them again and saying you look forward to hearing back. This isn't the 1980s btw, so don't let people try to convince you that it must be handwritten. Email is fine.

Definitely e-mail. You can hand write notes, too, (It definitely can't hurt you) but make sure you establish an easy form of communication with them. The moment you make meaningful contact with them (phone interview, in-person interview, etc.) make sure you e-mail back promptly to thank them and then make sure you e-mail them again in one week from that time to follow-up (unless thay contact you before then). Not only does this make you look good during the process, but (once again) in the event that you don't get the position it still reflects well on you for the future. Use your job hunt as an opportunity to establish meaningful connections with everyone you meet. DO NOT BURN BRIDGES. You never know where you will be 5 years from now or how your interests might change. Be professional and be prepared.

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Wear a tie and dress above the level of job you seek...

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Do people not dress in a suit and tie for pretty much every job interview?

Oh. Well, I try to wear a suit every chance I get.
Me&suit

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It is possible to "overdress" for an interview

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agree

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it is okay to ask the interviewer what the appropriate attire is for the interview.

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disagree. It shows that you can't really think rationally about simple, basic stuff. The standard should pretty much always be wear a suit. If the job you're applying for is out in a field, or wearing shorts/T-shirt/Tennis shoes, you can get away with nice slacks and a button down, possibly a blazer. But you can almost never go wrong with a suit, unless a suit is WAY overdressed from how you'll actually be dressing at work. Asking an interviewer, essentially, "what should I wear?" doesn't get things off on the right foot, IMO.