Research The Company and The People You’ll Be Meeting

By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter

Nothing demonstrates that you are prepared for an interview more than having done some basic research about a firm.

You can’t simply rely upon what a recruiter tells you about a company; generally, the information a recruiter will offer you will be pretty “thin.”

Thus, take some time on the web to look up the basics about a firm.

1. Go to the company’s website. What does it do? How does it present itself? What is the focus of their business?
2. Google and any other search engine are vast resources of information. Usually, the first answer about a company in a search is the headquarters of a company and directions on how to get to their offices. It can also bring you to many articles that have been written about a company.
3. Many firms will have detailed articles written about them and the article will include links to other stories written about them.
4. MarketWatch, Yahoo! Finance or any other business site you like. Look for stories written by financial industry writers that will tell you about the company and its success, problems, stock price, etc.
5. LinkedIn: Look for people in your network who work for the company now or have in the past who can…