Job Reconnaissance

Chapter 14

Interview

Take Control

It is unusual for a book about job seeking to wait until Chapter 14 to discuss the interview and, once there, to devote such little space to the topic. Fundamentally, by this point, you should be far better prepared than any of your competitors and, in many ways, the interview is less about getting the job than about verifying your assumptions.

The True Purpose of the Interview

The purpose of the interview is for you to learn about the organization and for the organization to learn about you. Your goal is to either get a job directly from the interview or get a second interview with people further up in the hierarchy. That’s it. All other things you think an interview is about are distractions. Your thought process ...