Chapter 2 How to prepare

It would be deeply unwise, as I’m sure you don’t need telling, to walk straight into an important interview without doing any preparation in advance. The better prepared you are, the better your chances of winning the job. Of course, you’ve already worked on your application form and your CV in order to get this far. But having made it through to Round Two, it’s time for some more homework.

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You’ve done little or no preparation and you’re sitting in the interview. The interviewer asks you, ‘What can you tell me about this company?’ And you realise ...

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