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The Six Secrets of ‘The New Interview’
- Insiders have the best shot at the job, so make yourself an insider.
- The real matchmaking is done before the interview :
- Understand the job behind the description.
- Talk to people in the organisation to find out what it is like working there.
- Obtain Insight
- The Interview is an invitation to do the job. The path from being “The right candidate” to “a good worker” lies in your understanding of the difference between someone who is out to get a job and a worker who is out to do a job. This is the single most important distinction between a rejected job hunter and a successful one.
- The employer wants to hire you and he will help you win the interview.
- The employer wants one thing from you, he wants you to solve a problem Profitably.
- You will win the job by doing it, solving the problem in the interview.
Summary of ‘Insight’ Information Sources
Information you can read:
- Company annual report
- Company quarterly report
- Company press release
- Sales, product, and services brochure
- Advertisements
- Fortune 500
- Business Week
- Business directories
- Industry associations
- Industry trade journals
- Industry news letters
People you can talk to:
- Managers
- Secretaries / administrative support
- Company salespeople
- Other company employees
- Customers of the company
- Competitors of the company
- Vendors / distributors to the company
- Reporters at trade journals
- Heads of industry associations
