Prepare  for your job interview by getting as much information about the company, division, department and individual office as you can. Short of bugging the place, talk to everyone you can and tell them what you are doing. Be respectful of peoples’ time.  If the company has public information available, get it. Do Google searches on the company, products and individual persons, if you can. It is important not to cross the line here. In today’s world you can look on facebook, MySpace and a zillion other networking sites, but don’t ask for personal information from a company secretary or company truck driver. You get the picture.  Hiring managers are not going to be upset by you being informed. Have a good and informed answer for “Why do you want to work here” other than “Everything I have read about your company says you would be a great place to work for”. Be specific, “I looked at your balance sheet and your competition and see, that even though your sales appear to be about half of theirs your growth far exceeds theirs”.  Damn, that sounds like you know what you’re talking about. Remember as a kid when you went into an algebra test knowing absolutely more then Mrs. Finklestein could possibly put on the test and you aced it because you were prepared. There is no difference now.  Do you homework and don’t tell me the dog ate it.

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