{"id":19646,"date":"2017-09-28T11:19:12","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T16:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/?page_id=19646"},"modified":"2025-06-04T11:46:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T16:46:01","slug":"preparation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparation: How do you get ready for an interview?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h3>Review what you will bring to the role<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Review the job description<\/li>\n<li>Review your resume and cover letter<\/li>\n<li>Reflect on your knowledge, experiences, skills and qualifications<\/li>\n<li>Reflect on your short- and long-term career goals and vocation<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/questions\/\">Review questions that you may be asked<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/practice\/\">Practice answering questions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What basic things do you need to know about an organization?<\/h3>\n<p>Interviewers appreciate candidates who have taken time to learn about the organization. Research the basics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Size<\/li>\n<li>Mission<\/li>\n<li>Philosophy or values<\/li>\n<li>Industry or market (if applicable)<\/li>\n<li>Field or career in which the role fits<\/li>\n<li>Components of the role or the program<\/li>\n<li>Management (or teaching) style<\/li>\n<li>Research opportunities (if applicable)<\/li>\n<li>Products or services offered (if applicable)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How do I research an organization?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Visit the website and spend time exploring<\/li>\n<li>Search for the organization on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glassdoor.com\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glassdoor<\/a> and review the experiences of employees.<\/li>\n<li>Use St. Olaf\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/libraryguides.stolaf.edu\/coresearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">company research database<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/networking-guide\/how-do-you-use-the-online-st-olaf-alumni-directory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Online Alumni Directory<\/a> to find alumni who might work, or have worked, at the organization and ask them questions<\/li>\n<li>Use VAULT.com to read large company profiles and to learn more about various industries<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/connect-with-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit the Piper Center<\/a>\u00a0and ask for help<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"cta\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/clothes\/\">Clothes: what do you wear to an interview?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review what you will bring to the role Review the job description Review your resume and cover letter Reflect on your knowledge, experiences, skills and qualifications Reflect on your short- [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8275,"featured_media":0,"parent":17165,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19646","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19646"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47179,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19646\/revisions\/47179"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}