Career Guide: Tips for MBAs: Interviewing Tips

There are many career books out there and you have limited time, so choose the ones that you invest in wisely.  Here are a few that are classics, popular, and/or timely:

These books are on reserve at the Management Library. Ask for them at the circulation desk.

Congratulations! 

Your fabulous resume has landed you a coveted interview.  Now you're asking yourself how to stand out and get noticed face-to-face.  A little extra research will go a long way toward being prepared to answer interview questions and to formulating intelligent questions for those interviewing you.

Your professional relationships are key to your professional success.

However, don't put all your job-hunting eggs in the professional basket. Aside from your family and friends, your network already includes classmates, alumni networks, social networking contacts, and so on. Think about different people in your network that you can tap into.

Job-hunting online should be only a small part of your job search, as should chasing want ads. Spend the bulk of your time identifying employer prospects and designing a networking plan to help you land a job in one of the companies. Network with former coworkers and other professionals in your field. Keith Ferrazzi, the author of the "Never Eat Lunch Alone" career guide, quoted a study from Mark Granovetter that highlighted the “strength of weak ties.” -- When it comes to finding out about new jobs, information, or ideas, weak ties are generally more important than your strong ties. This is because many of your closest friends and contacts go to the same parties, generally do the same work, and exist in roughly the same world as you do. Strong ties often know the information that you already know. Weak ties, however, occupy a different world from you.

Online business networks like LinkedIn help you connect, get advice on a global scale, research background information, and join industry groups/associations.

For example, if you are a grad student who one day wants to be a CMO of a company, you may want to look at current CMO profiles to get an idea of what you may need to do before you achieve your goal.

Social networking is a great tool to brand yourself, help you make money, reference check employers and so much more.

For international students looking for a job in the US or US students looking to work abroad, take a look at the following resources for cultural information: