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Dec 14, 2020, 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by divine1966
Well I have couple of thoughts on the matter. One is that I think people need to know at least basics of the company they are applying to. Not just know their job but know the basic facts about the company. We hired two people this year and they turned out to be disappointed with our specific clientele. Well they clearly didn’t do the research and didn’t understand specifics of the neighborhood. They are not going to last. Sadly. As they are good at their job. They just didn’t do the homework so to speak
My other thought is a quite unpopular one.
Yes I believe you need to do a bit of a research about the company you are applying to. Other than that I don’t believe in studying and memorizing anything for the interview. Sure if you have to do a presentation or a pitch then you got to prepare it but other than that I go as I am. Well it’s been long time since I had to look for a job but that was always my motto. If I have to memorize or fake things, I’ll forget them and that’s embarrassing, what if they ask them same question again, no way I’d remember it. But if I go as I am and speak what’s on my mind then I have nothing to memorize. I also find it less stressful. If I don’t know the answer then I just tell them I don’t or I’ll get back to them.
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Knowing about the company's basics, and whether you see yourself working for them or not, isn't the same as believing in their mission, and subscribing to it.
I think it's difficult to know how a candidate fits in a company, but for some reason hiring managers and recruiters strongly believe they can know who would be a good fit and who is not.
Candidates could be successful in one company but not so successful in another. Culture and structure plays an important role. For example, for me the most important thing in a job is respect and being acknowledged and not being micromanaged (in my last job this was met by my supervisor, but not by my manager who was disrespectful of me, and because of his managerial approach of covert micromanagement with arrogance. Fortunately I didn't have to deal with him that much. To be honest, in a way, I was doing the job for her, my supervisor, not for the company or anyone or anything else. I don't know if this makes sense to others). There is no way I can know this BEFORE I get hired, from reading about the company. Many companies may write about their culture in their websites, but writing is not the same as experiencing and reality. Without these in place, I wouldn't be doing my job well, intentionally and unintentionally.
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