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Interviewing – Tips and Thoughts
Marcia wrote in with some key experiences with interviewing –
"I know, we’re supposed to "Learn about the company ahead of time". But that fired, big time, on me years ago, when I asked the interviewer about their balance sheet, which I’d noticed showed they were heavily in debt. Turns out, I’d hit a nerve. Their balance sheet was a mess, and rather than trying to explain it, the manager was ready to tear my face off for mentioning it. Sort of like that chimpanzee who went berserk.
Needless to say I wasn’t offered the job and just as well, I think they went under shortly thereafter. That was in the good old "sink or swim" days, before government bailouts of bad executives.
I like interview advice that reminds job applicants that they are also evaluating the company and that they deserve to be treated with respect. Seems like a lot of people forget that old golden rule when they sit on the armchair side of the desk."
True. The point of learning a bit about the company isn’t about questioning them about their practices necessarily, but it serves two purposes.
First, if you can come in knowing about their products and specifically what impacts the position you’re interested in, you’ll be ahead of the person that has no clue what the company does. Believe me, the "no clue" happens far more often than the does the applicant knowing about the company. It’s a very fast decision point if we have one person that took the time to at least know what the company is about vs a candidate that hasn’t taken the time to do any looking at all.
Second, it does tell you whether you may want to work there. I received a note just the other day about the whole series of editorials earlier about using the Internet to research candidates. The reverse is clearly true as well. Google the company! What is their reputation? Work environment? How do they present themselves online and offline. You are indeed interviewing the company to see if you could do great work there, just as much as they’re interviewing you.
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