Suzy welch interview questions

Career advice typically falls into two buckets: tips for managers trying to find the perfect person to hire and tips for people trying to be exactly that.

This column is for both, because it identifies what, for me, has been the single best question for the former to ask, and the latter to answer well.

"What did you do to prepare for this interview?"

I myself have used this query for years, and oh, the answers I've heard — the good, the bad and the ugly — and always so revealing.

"I've been stalking you for three days," was one such reply, delivered by a woman who was interviewing to be my executive assistant.

Guess what?

I loved it! Especially after she described what that stalking involved: reading virtually everything she could find written about me, plus reading or scanning everything I've ever written online and in print, including two books.

As a result, she came to the interview ready to talk not just about her fit f