Comments on: How to Prepare for an Interview http://lindabonanno.com/2009/11/15/how-to-prepare-for-an-interview/ Personal & Intellectual Development Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:06:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: winethinker http://lindabonanno.com/2009/11/15/how-to-prepare-for-an-interview/#comment-86 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:08:16 +0000 http://winethinker.com/?p=453#comment-86 Well, I think that depends on the type of company. In public companies a lot of times there are only rumors until the company publicly announces something. In that case, the press release information is pretty good to use. You can bring it up with impunity because it is likely something that a number of the people in the company (depending in the level you are interviewing with) think is new news.

If it is a small, privately held company I tend to use the press releases for background information and I don’t bring up any of the released topics unless the interview is veering into that territory.
What you can learn from press releases is cultural. What is the company’s approach to releasing information – do they share all or do they keep data close to the vest? Are they factual or is there a lot of marketing spin associated with the data? In smaller companies you really can determine the personality of the outfit you are dealing with by reading their press releases.

]]> By: themadpeacock http://lindabonanno.com/2009/11/15/how-to-prepare-for-an-interview/#comment-85 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:04:03 +0000 http://winethinker.com/?p=453#comment-85 Company press releases are often released months after the actual event and to the people inside the company its old news. How do you prepare for that so you appear up to date?

]]> By: themadpeacock http://lindabonanno.com/2009/11/15/how-to-prepare-for-an-interview/#comment-84 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:21:36 +0000 http://winethinker.com/?p=453#comment-84 Excellent article with great advice, thanks for sharing.

I like to check linkedin to see who recently left, where did they go and if i know them get their opinion of the company. But remember they could possibly be bitter so don’t treat what they say as gospel.

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