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I talk very fast, I always have. I believe it's a negative in interviews.
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Pre-interview mental gymnastics and breathing exercises haven't yielded results in slowing the fuck down. Has anyone who is a default fast-talker found a method that helped them speak at a rate less akin to a speed-freak and more akin to a normal person (aside from quitting speed, of course)?
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Focus on a longer perceived pause to you on the ends of sentences while you're talking.
Make sure you're forming complete, clear ideas to the person you're conversing with by being attentive to body language.
People generally like to talk. If you're taking up a majority of the conversation, you're doing it wrong, unless you are teaching.
Make it an active conversation. Don't just bounce words off each other, but take time to form an introspective view of where the other person is coming from. Work with that into conversation, ask questions, focus on your body language and your affirmations.
The first step is to beat nervousness and the subconscious feeling that the interviewer is rushing you and that you need to hurry. Those 2 things are what cause fast talking.
Agreed. Once you 1) have confidence in what you're saying, and 2) know how to concisely express it (comes from having a well-developed base of knowledge on the subject) you will very likely not feel the need to waterfall as many words out of your mouth as possible