| Interviews preparation, market information, the employer
2.4.1 General books and guides to prepare job interviews.
2.4.2 What you need to know the employer: company information
You have an appointment and now it is time for you to prepare for the interview and get to know the employer.
2.4.1- General books and guides to prepare job interviews
Preparing for Your Interview : Getting the Job You Want.
Berk, Diane (Author).
Boston, MA. USA: Course Technology Crisp, 1990. p iii.
Available at ebrary: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ieselibrary/Doc?id=10058816 
This book explain the parameters of the interview situation, presents interview techniques and demonstrates appropriate interview questions.
Vault guide to the case interview
Asher, Mark.
New York, N.Y. : Vault Inc., c2002.
Available at ebrary: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ieselibrary/Doc?id=10022927
Packed with information you need to know to prepare for your consulting interview, this guide provides the skinny on business frameworks, sample cases, guesstimates, brainteasers, etc.
Other books can be found at ebrary and in the library on the call number 13.24 “Interview preparation”
2.4.2- What you need to know the employer: company information
In order to prepare an interview, it is also important to know the employer in order to face the interview but also in order to determine if you want to work for this company or not.
But, which information might you need for the interview?
As suggested on the career guides prepared by Chicago - Fisher Library http://gsbwww.uchicago.edu/gleacher/library/careerguides.html this is what you need to search for:
Company information:
- Corporate vision & mission
- Competitors and major customers
- Recent performance
- Current News
- Significant developments in the company history
- Organization ad leadership
- Corporate culture
- Internal contacts (alumni, friends, etc)
Industry information:
- Current environment in the industry
- Recent trends and hot topics
- Key industry ratios and statistics
- Competitive landscape and major corporate players.
The following sources will help you to locate this information:
Vault employer profiles: in order to help you to prepare interviews for specific companies and to get to know the employer, Vault has published some ebooks. They contain company information, surveys of their employers, information about the hiring process, etc.
You can find these Vault employer profiles on ebrary and includes companies such as Bain & Company, AT Kearny, Morgan Stanley, Deloitte & Touche, etc. Searching tip!: search by “vault profile” to obtain all the results or “vault name of the company” for specific companies.
Financial databases: You can search in the following databases. In order to know the content and coverage of each of them, please check the guide prepared by the library:
It´s convenient for me to work in “X”?: Know its financial situation before signing a contract (http://www.iese.edu/en/files_html/6_4150.pdf)
Market and industry databases: You can search in the following databases. In order to know the content and coverage of each of them, please check the guide prepared by the library:
“Searching for market and industry analysis” (http://www.iese.edu/en/files_html/6_4153.pdf).
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