Prepare for Onsite Interviews Like a Pro

Onsite interview tips that helped me set myself apart during my own job search!

The Idea:

Interviewers expect you to bring a resume, and that is a start, but this strategy takes that to the next level and I received an incredible reaction when I did this.

Purchase These:

Several nice quality document folders like this example on Amazon: https://a.co/d/31pbYyZ

Bring:

5-6 folders to your onsite interview in case you have more people to interview with, or you have an interview panel.

Inside Each Folder Include:
- Inside left side include a color copy of your resume on high quality paper
- Behind the resume, inside left side include a color copy of your cover letter
- Inside right side include a one-page typed page of your company research, your notes on the role, and several well-thought out questions
- Behind the notes and questions page, inside right side include 1-2 color, professional-looking examples of a work project or some type of career highlight

Conducting The Meeting:
- When starting the interview you will provide a folder to each person interviewing you, and you will keep one folder.
- You will point out, at key points during the interview, the various documents.
- Because you know exactly how the folder is loaded you will be able to say for example, "if you'd like to pull out the list of questions and notes on the right side, we can use that to help guide the conversation"
- During another part of the interview you can point out your work example and ask everyone to pull that out and you can use that to highlight work experience you've had - and relate it to the job

So yes, bring your resume, it's expected - but you can set yourself up in such a better way by doing this!

My main take-away here is this:  You need to stand out, do something different, and every extra thing you do is noticed because most people just do the basics.