Job Interviews -- What Your Pre-Interview Research Should Cover

Job Interviews -- What Your Pre-Interview Research Should Cover
When you go in for a job interview, you're not just a candidate seeking a job. You're a potential problem solver and contributor. To play that role effectively, you must be armed with the right kind of information. That's what pre-interview research is all about.

It's true. If you've got the skills, it's as much you interviewing them as anything. Act like it. The appearance of knowing what you want, and actively seeking to detirmine if this company is for you greatly increases you chances of getting the job, too. Make them squirm a little!

Do the same sort of research that you would were you a prospective investor in the company; information about profitability, marketplace challenges and goals, and so on should all be readily available without too much digging. There is also nominally a section of the interview where you ask questions of the interviewer; that's a good time to ask about your role, etc.

In my experience when interviewing people, the best candidates are the ones that show a heavy interest in what the company is doing, and who seem eager to learn more about their potential new job.