How to get yourself eliminated at a job interview

I used the term 'Eliminator Question' in a post earlier on today and I had some queries as to what that means. I classify an Eliminator as one of those questions that will kill your chances stone dead if you answer it badly.

I have written before about my trembler switch theory of interviewing. A highly sensitive decision switch is sitting at 'Neutral' when you walk into the room. There are very few interviewers who will quickly click the switch over to the "Hire" setting; but the vast majority of them will very quickly click it over to "No Hire" if you give them any reason to. This is why you have to spend so much time preparing for a job interview; a handful of misplaced words and - click! - you're gone.
The eliminator questions vary from interviewer to interviewer. For me, if I have placed an 'X' next to your answers to these questions, it's game over ...

Opener - Walk me through your life to date
Weakness / Failure - Tell me about something negative
Closer - Why should we hire you?
Over to you - Do you have any questions for us?

These are obvious, shoo-in, totally predictable questions. If you are taking the interview process in any way seriously, you will have anticipated these old chestnuts and you will have your answers ready. If you don't, I pull the lever and drop you into the crocodile pit ...