Gather Intelligence to Be Effective in Interviews

Interviews are a major part of getting the job that you are pursuing.  It’s amazing, however, at the number of people who go into them unprepared.  One of my employees came to me and explained that she had expressed an interest in a different position in our district.  It would be a lateral move with no increase in pay.  It held, however, the potential for advancement — with an accompanying pay increase — later.  She was prepared to go in for the interview…so she thought.  After a brief questioning, I found that she was not prepared at all.  Since time was short, too short to prep her adequately, I gave her an intelligence-gathering strategy that I was taught many years ago.