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Here’s an interview tip about a different way to do research then where you been, probably doing … Or different places, I should say.
When you are doing your homework, Most of you may go to a company’s website, look around a little bit, it is kind of chaotic background checking, you’ve read some stuff on the site, you scan some things, you think you are done. Some of you may go the extra step of going on LinkedIn, seeing if you can find the profile of the person you are going to be meeting with. That can be difficult if your network is small. For me, it is pretty easy at this point because I have so many connections. My suggestion would be that if you do a Google search, site://www.linkedin.com and in quotation marks, put the person’s name that may give you a shot if your network is small.
There are an interview tip about a few other places to do some research:
1. YouTube
The firm you may be interview with might have some videos on YouTube. That may be even easier than searching the website.
2. Facebook. The company page on Facebook may be helpful to you.
3. The Twitter feed for the person you would be meeting with may be extremely helpful to get an idea of what the thinking is like, the way they present themselves, you may see a photo of them there is all the more casual than what you see on LinkedIn… All this will give you more’s rounded sense of them and their personality than you might underling to engage.
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All in all, your job is to do some homework before the interview. So when they say, “So, what do you know about us,” and not just simply sitting there going, “I don’t know. Uh, I read some stuff. You are a good company.” You don’t want to come across in that way.
You want to come across as knowledgeable, competent, and present yourself with confidence because, to a real degree, what they are trying to do is get under your vernier, underneath the surface of you to see if there is something more there than the way you are packaging yourself.
One of the ways of deflecting that is to let them know that you are thorough. It is 1 of the most important things that a firm can learn about you is your thoroughness in preparation.
Again, research doesn’t have to be hard, difficult, complicated, or take a long time. You can watch 3 videos that a firm prepares on YouTube, find the Twitter feed for the person that you’re interviewing with, read their company page on Facebook, go to the website, do a Google search… You can do a lot of things in 30 minutes and gotten far further along than you might have previously.
This interview tip can be a difference maker by helping you feel at ease with your interviewer and help you see what you have in common with the, when you meet.
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