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Research a company before an interview and ask questions that impress
You've got an interview tomorrow and you know almost nothing about them. Get a one-page briefing and five questions that show you've done your homework.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me research a company before my interview. The company: [name and website] The job: [title, paste the ad] Who's interviewing me: [names and roles if I know] What I already know: [anything] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A one-page briefing: what they do, who their customers are, recent news, and what they say they care about. Name the page for each fact. 2. Three things the job is really about, based on the ad, and how my experience fits. 3. Five questions to ask at the end, specific to them, not ones a quick look at the website would answer. 4. Two questions to keep for later rounds (pay, flexibility, progression). Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English. For the company's own website, recent news and annual report, use web search and name the page you used. If it doesn't search on its own, open View all tools and choose Search. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. name and website: a short note you already have. title, paste the ad: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
The prompt · Copilot
Help me research a company before my interview. The company: [name and website] The job: [title, paste the ad] Who's interviewing me: [names and roles if I know] What I already know: [anything] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A one-page briefing: what they do, who their customers are, recent news, and what they say they care about. Name the page for each fact. 2. Three things the job is really about, based on the ad, and how my experience fits. 3. Five questions to ask at the end, specific to them, not ones a quick look at the website would answer. 4. Two questions to keep for later rounds (pay, flexibility, progression). Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English. For the company's own website, recent news and annual report, switch to Search mode so the answer comes with a citation. Stay in this Copilot chat. Leave plugins off, and do not open a file from OneDrive.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. name and website: a short note you already have. title, paste the ad: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You type the company, the job and the interview date.
The assistant asks what you already know and who's interviewing you.
You get a one-page briefing with sources, likely interview themes and five sharp questions to ask.
What happens
Use Copilot to research a company before an interview and ask questions that impress
You've got an interview tomorrow and you know almost nothing about them. Get a one-page briefing and five questions that show you've done your homework.
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