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Thank goodness! Your hard work is paying off...you've landed an interview.
Before you choose what you'll wear, take the necessary time now for due dilligence. This is an opportunity to really score big points by finding out everything you can about the company you're interviewing with.
The information you secure will help you:
A) Ask relevant questions that make the dialogue between you and the interviewer more interesting and significant;
B) Take a more active approach in the interview. The discussion can be more in-depth rather than superficial.
C) Sell yourself as a problem solver and a “doer,” someone who knows how to identify problems and come up with the solutions.
The Internet contains a wealth of information on businesses - large and small. My favorite source of obtaining information on publicly traded companies is through Finance.Yahoo.com. In the search box, just enter the company name (or ticker symbol, if you have it). This will give you a broad look at the company as well as the key executives in charge. You’ll see other helpful things to click on, such as the company financials, charts, and company news.
Another way to seek corporate information is to go into Google News. Put the name of the company in the search box and recent business activity involving the company will come up.
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