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Home / College Student Resume Services / Prior to Your Interview
It is extremely beneficial for you to learn as much as possible about the company prior to your interview. This information will assist you in understanding company initiatives, goals and challenges. This knowledge will also strengthen your ability to highlight how your background and experience will address company initiatives, goals and challenges.
Your research about the company should include:
- Navigation throughout the company's website (ie. review of press releases, quarterly and annual reports, products and services, etc)
- Relative size of the firm in the industry
- Potential growth for the industry
- Percent of annual sales growth over the last few years
- Main competitors
- Organizational structure (product line, functions, etc)
- Type of training provided (structured or unstructured)
- Number of plants, stores, or sales outlets
- Short-term profit projections
- Recent items in the news
- People you know in the firm
- Location of the home office
- Company history
- Names of top management
- Current problems, issues or challenges within company and industry
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