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Job Interview. What should I find out about the company?

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simms

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I guess you could call it my first real 'company' job. Previous jobs I've worked with I either had a connection on the inside, or I already knew the organization (University).

So what would you want to find about the company? Size? Global reach? Finances?

It's for a Summer Engineering Internship at a major oil company, read: Shell or Mobile or Exxon, etc.

Lastly, what are some good questions to ask them? I've read previous threads that said don't talk about money, sure. But what other questions?
 
I usually go for asking about culture, what differentiates your company from competitors, why you (the inteviewer) likes working there, stuff like that

good luck dude
 
Cant remember much from my seminar on job hunting.

Who you will work with and how.
Companies overall mission and plan.

Crap. Let me find my notes and get back to you.
You want your questions to make you sound like you wanna contribute to them.
 
Company culture, team culture. Is it faced paced, or staid? Is the team tight and fun or political or indifferent? Is the company structure flat (not much between you and the top) or does it have lots of middle management? For an internship, I'd ask what your exposure is to high levels. Is it a very siloed company or highly cross functional? Will you be working cross functionally or only within your team and with your manager. What are some of the company's weak and strong points, in regards to culture?
 
I was with my boss interviewing poeple for PEY a few weeks ago, so I can give you a few tips (it was great being on ther side of the interview table!🙂)

-have a good general idea of the company, what it does/products it makes etc.
-find out as much about the position as possible and ask them about questions about that, and try to respond. What I mean is, we interviewed 4 people and the one that really stood one was the one that carried a decent conversation. ie, he could ask a relevant question, get an asnwer from either me or my boss and then respond to that. All the other people had sort of a list of prepared questions (its very much obvious). With them, it was a kinda of a Q&A session, witht his guy, it was more of a conversation.
 
Wow, everyone in this thread has been really helpful! And Martin, it's good to hear. My friends are applying on PEY right now and who knows if you've talked to them or not! 🙂

Ok, those are definetely some good questions to ask. Aside from a general idea of the company (provides fuels, sustainability, oil sands) and what it makes (gas among other refining processes) is there anything about the company I should KNOW instead of asking them (like tiered management, etc?)
 
Originally posted by: simms
Wow, everyone in this thread has been really helpful! And Martin, it's good to hear. My friends are applying on PEY right now and who knows if you've talked to them or not! 🙂

Ok, those are definetely some good questions to ask. Aside from a general idea of the company (provides fuels, sustainability, oil sands) and what it makes (gas among other refining processes) is there anything about the company I should KNOW instead of asking them (like tiered management, etc?)
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They won't expect you to know their management structure. Do your reading on the job description and ask about any details you didn't find there that interest you. Pretty much know what the company has publicly said about themselves (check out their webpage). They won't expect you to be an expert. 🙂
 
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