# Research a company before my interview

A one-page interview briefing on the company, team, and role so you can answer and ask questions with insight.

- Topic: Career & Job Search
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Research, HR & Hiring, Analyze, Fill-in Template, Step-by-step
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/research-a-company-before-my-interview

## Prompt

```text
Help me research a company before my interview and turn it into a one-page briefing. This is step 1 of my interview prep; the briefing can feed into my story bank and the questions I'll ask.

**Company:** [NAME]
**Role and team:** [TITLE, team or department]
**Job description:** [PASTE]
**Interviewers, if known:** [NAMES AND TITLES]
**Material I've gathered:** [PASTE from their website, recent news, annual report, product pages, interviewer LinkedIn profiles, employee reviews]

Use only the material I provide plus clearly labeled general knowledge. If something isn't in my sources, mark it [VERIFY] rather than stating it as fact - companies change quickly and wrong facts hurt in interviews.

Return a briefing with:
1. What the company does, who it sells to, and how it makes money - in 3 sentences.
2. Current priorities and challenges (growth, cost-cutting, new products, regulation), with the source for each.
3. Why this role likely exists now and what success in the first year probably looks like.
4. Each interviewer: their likely focus and one thing to connect on.
5. 3 ways my background fits their current situation.
6. Red flags or open questions worth probing (turnover, reorganizations, unclear scope).
7. Smart phrases to use: their product names, their terms for customers, their stated values.
```

## What to fill in

- NAME
- TITLE, team or department
- PASTE
- NAMES AND TITLES

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