Coffee Chat/Informal Call Nightmare

Current IB analyst looking for a lateral position, and have been having some informal calls and coffee chats as people respond. Most are great and the conversation flows however there are some that the other person is just so dry and the convo lasts literally 2 mins.

For me the one that went worst was with a job posting for a group I was really interested in, but the VP I spoke too literally said two words the whole call.

Any tips, questions how to navigate these calls and calls in general?

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