Maxine finally got her first job interview after an intense six months of searching. In the present economic environment, six months of searching to get a one-hour job interview is a realistic statistic in these times. It could be another few months, or more, before she has the next interview.
The Company and Its Industry
This information is helpful regardless of the job being sought. It makes no difference if you are interviewing for the most junior or the most senior position or for any functional area of expertise, such as administration, financial, marketing, human resources, or sales. You will acquire an aura that differentiates you from common candidates.
Networking Groups
In addition to seeking out colleagues, friends, current and former business associates, members of professional organizations, alumni associations, and any other contacts that might know about the company or individuals with whom you will be interviewing, networking groups can be a very effective source of information.
The Vignette Strategy
Vignettes, or brief descriptions, should be used in every interview to describe knowledge, accomplishments, and experiences. A vignette should convince interviewers that you know what you are talking about and should replace the simple yes or no response to interview questions.
To Be, or Not to Be?
Business schools do an incredible job at marketing their MBA programs, but invariably fall short of delivering on what they promised. The dirty little secret that nobody talks about is that if you do not have a solid educational foundation grounded in verbal reasoning, reading and writing skills, business schools is not for you, period.
Business education - Is time running out for business schools that aren’t quite elite?
The rite of passage of an MBA is a piece of paper stating that you've attended the institution, coming in having critical thinking skills and going out honing the science of how to assuage and manipulate information, as well as, the art of transferring these learned skills to benefit the workplace. In other words, don't expect business schools to teach you how to think and make an informed decision based on perceptiveness!
