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Hired: Talent VP on Job Interviews, Negotiation & Offers

This Pre-Interview Step Changes Everything

Hired: Talent VP on Job Interviews, Negotiation & Offers

Hired Podcast

Education, Interview Prep, Promotions, Self-improvement, Careers, Job Interviews, Job Search, How To, Resumes, Business, Cover Letters

4.9638 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Steps to take to learn about the company you've applied to, their people, culture, industry, and more. Please an extra strategy to broaden your options! Sterile Processing Jobs: https://www.sterilejobs.com/ Surgical Technician Jobs: https://www.scrubtechjobs.com/ Commercial HVAC Jobs:https://www.commercialhvacjobs.com/ Commercial Electrician Jobs: https://www.commercialelectricianjobs.com/ Commercial Ref

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0:00.0

Most interviews are lost in the first minute because of how people answer the tell me about yourself question.

0:05.9

I now have a solution where you send me a video of your answer.

0:09.1

I send you my video response plus a new script back.

0:12.1

Check out the show notes for more.

0:15.9

Here are a couple things that help lower my stress more than anything.

0:21.5

Number one is making a checklist, having everything sorted out in front of me on a list that I can work through one thing at a time.

0:30.7

Number two is getting some exercise.

0:33.3

Number three is the topic of today's episode.

0:37.0

The job interview experience is all about interview preparation.

0:40.8

You know that.

0:42.0

Preparation, knowing you are prepared makes a huge difference on nerves.

0:47.9

But there is a layer on top of preparation, and that is information.

0:53.2

Today's episode is about researching the company you're going

0:56.6

to interview with and having information about them at hand. If you have a good knowledge base

1:04.2

for the company and the industry that they're in, it eliminates a ton of the factors that make

1:08.8

job interviews nerve-wracking.

1:19.6

And later on in this episode, I'm going to give you a life hack or a pro-tip or whatever they're called these days.

1:28.2

Doing this research, in doing this little thing I'll talk about in a little bit is going to impact your job search and maybe open some new doors that you wouldn't have otherwise known about. And when you're

1:33.4

head to head against other job seekers that are applying to the same job as you, maybe this job

1:40.5

that you've already applied for, there are other people that have applied, usually 50 or 100.

1:45.7

Sorry to make you nervous with that number.

1:48.4

But I'm here to help.

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