Home - CantBeatTheExperience.com. How to Prepare for a Job Interview. The Ultimate Guide to Job Interview Preparation. Interview Preparation - How to Prepare for Interview, Interview Prepration Tips. Interview Preparation: Last-Minute Job Interview Prep. Adapted from Monster Careers: Interviewing Even if you have less than a day before your job interview, you can outshine the competition with a little interview preparation. The following four tasks will take you about four hours (plus five minutes) to complete, and you'll walk into the interview confident you'll be successful. Conduct Basic Interview Research To prepare for an interview, find out as much as you can beforehand. Who will you be talking to? That's a five-minute phone call. Learn About the Company Online Do some fast Web research, which will give you something to talk about in addition to the job description. How big is the company in terms of annual sales or employees?
Basic research should take you about an hour. Think of Some Stories Be ready to answer typical interview questions with a story about yourself. By the way, nonwork achievement stories are good too; if you volunteer for the local food pantry, write down a time you overcame a big challenge or a crisis there.