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Ask HN: What do you wish you'd know before a job interview?
- Jackypot 8y agoI would say knowing how formally/otherwise to dress. You've either got the chops or you don't, you can feel out the people you're speaking to during the interview to gauge how whether you can crack a joke or not. But turning up either woefully under or over dressed just throws you off your stroke at the first hurdle. I always explicitly ask what is expected of me ahead of an interview (with the bonus effect that it they want me to dress up for work, I know not even to bother with the interview!).
- cordonbleu 8y agoconduct recon of some type. an interview doesnt have to be the first time you set foot on the property. check out the prospectus if it is a shared company.
- cordonbleu 8y agoI would be interested in knowing if the interviewer is actually looking for a hire, or if they have hired already, and are simply processing the rest of the resume stack in order to make a paycheck.