Preparing for a Job Interview: Where to Start?
Where to search for useful information?
- company’s website
- social media profiles
- Branded page on employment websites – look if such a page exists and what the company presents
- articles about the company in newsfeeds and profile portals
- former or current employees reviews
- information from consultant of recruiting company in which you have applied
What do you need to know about the company for the upcoming interview?
- What products/services does the company offer?
- Who is the final consumer of the company’s products/services?
- Company’s geographic location in Russia and abroad
- Who are the main competitors of the company?
- Is the company part of a bigger association?
- What are the company’s history, goals and mission?
- What is the potential growth of this company’s specialty?
- Is the management stable or is there fast turnover?
- What are employees’ attitudes toward the company?
- What kind of attention does mass media give to this company?
- What kind of reviews do employees write about?
This information will be valuable to understand if this company is what you are looking for and also will help to answer a recruitment consultant’s question of why you are interested in this company.
Bring serious statements of interest:
- opportunity for career development
- gaining of useful experience
- solving of new challenging tasks
- growth prospects, etc.
Show recruitment consultant that you are interested in this employer, and he will understand that your intentions are serious!
*The largest employment websites in Russia:
- hh.ru
- zarplata.ru
- superjob.ru
- trud.com
- rabota.ru
- worki.ru
- free-lance.ru
- vacant.ru
- gorodrabot.ru
- prohq.ru
- avito.ru
