University of Iowa Libraries LibGuides - Get Hired! An Employment Guide

Tips from Web Sites & Articles

UI Pomerantz Career Center-Interviewing
Interviewing tips found on lower right of page. Includes:
Mock Interview Information
Informational Interviewing
The Common Sense Side of Interviewing
Types of Interviews
Dress for Success
Dining Etiquette
Behavioral Based
The Riley Guide-Interviewing
Topics include:
Interview Advice
Behavior Based Interviews
Improper Interview Questions
Are you Overqualified?
After the Interview
Variations on the Job Interview (telephone, second interview)

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WSJ: Career Journal: The Interview That'll Bag a Job (note: Hawk ID and PW required for access)
Sarah E. Needleman. Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Apr 14, 2009. pg. D.4
IT'S YOUR TURN TO ASK QUESTIONS (Hawk ID and PW requred to access)
Cynthia Hoffman. AgriMarketing. St. Louis: Sep 2008. pg. 6, 1 pgs
Career Journal --- MANAGING YOUR CAREER: A Question to Make a Monkey of You (Hawk ID & pw required for access)
Joann S. Lublin. Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Feb 3, 2009. pg. D.4

WSJ.com version: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123361001775640785.html
10 QUESTIONS: YOU SHOULD ASK BEFORE ACCEPTING A JOB OFFER (Hawk ID & pw required for access)
Gregg Stocker. Women in Business. Kansas City: Jul/Aug 2006. Vol. 58, Iss. 4; pg. 22, 2 pgs

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Selected Books

Handling tough job interviews be prepared, perform well, get the job, - Amos, Julie Ann
ISBN/ISSN: 1857038452
Interview strategies that lead to job offers - Pincus, Marilyn
Call Number: Availabel Online. Hawk ID &pw required.
ISBN/ISSN: 0764106848
From Amazon:
Learn how to do research on the firm where you would like to work, and discover the facts you need to know about the company before you arrive for your job interview. This book gives you step-by-step instructions on how to prepare yourself for the interview, including advice on rehearsing answers to likely questions and being alert to interpret what job interviewers reveal about their company and its procedures. If you're getting ready to go job hunting or move up in your company, this book is a very good place to start.
Vault.com Guide to Case Interviews - Vault
Call Number: available online--Hawk ID and PW requred to access
ISBN/ISSN: 1581311222
From Amazon:
Management consulting careers are more popular than ever--and that means that consulting interviews are even tougher. The case interview question--a complex business analysis--is the bane of prospective consultants everywhere. Don't get tripped up by your case interviews! Read the "Vault Reports Guide to the Case Interview."

This book is packed with information you need to know for your consulting interviews, including: case interview questions, with suggested approaches and solutions; frameworks for conquering your case questions, both basic and advanced; tackling accounting and financial case questions; what to expect from your case interview; solving the "guesstimate"; handling brainteasers and other oddball questions; consulting lingo and buzzwords; and much more!
Vault Guide to Finance Interviews
Call Number: Available online. Hawk ID and PW required
ISBN/ISSN: 1581315295
From Amazon:
This edition in loaded with sample questions, charts, formulas, and frameworks covering everything from accounting concepts, valuation techniques and M&A basics to bond pricing, interest and exchange rates, options and derivatives, and brainteasers. Job seekers can prep for their tough finance interviews with investment banks, investment management firms, venture capital firms and more with 130 actual finance interview questions.