<aside> 💡 Take the heavy lifting out of your interview prep. There’s no better way to boost your confidence walking into an interview room than knowing you’ve done your homework. But spending hours trawling through a corporate website and stalking your interviewers LinkedIn profile is only going to get you so far. For real insight into what the interviewer is looking for, utilise the knowledge of your recruiter or talent acquisition manager to get a jump on the competition.
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@Latitude IT August 23, 2020
Get your recruiter to chat you through the job description. They’ll have seen hundreds if not thousands of JDs, so they’ll be able to spot any red flags from the onset. If you have any questions or are unsure about your suitability for the role, now’s the time to raise those concerns. If the recruiter can’t answer these questions directly, they can speak to the hiring manager to find out.
Read more here on what to look for in a JD here
If your recruiter has connections within the business, they’ll be able to give you a birds-eye view of the way teams are set-up across the organisation. We call this the helicopter approach. As a bare minimum, before walking into an interview, you should know:
You can find some of this out yourself, but a recruiter/TA should be able to provide in-depth information about the culture, mission and values of your team (not just the wider organisation) so you can make a judgement about whether these are suited to your personal goals and style of working.