Be in the Know Joe Fitzpatrick, a graduate of an Ivy League business school, works for a large investment bank and often interviews candidates for his firm. The differences between interviewing for a job at the MBA level are marked, he says. You are expected to know the basics about the company, and to demonstrate this knowledge through the questions you ask your interviewer. Research the industry, the company, the specific position. There was a three-page piece on where he's taking the business.
Web sites provide a lot of good information for job hunters.
Private or public, it's a good idea to speak with people inside the company. It's an invaluable tool for gathering information about and making contacts at specific companies you'd like to work for. This is far more important than any information you'll find in the annual report. The more people from within that you can tell your interviewer you spoke with, the more informed you'll seem. When I was exploring career paths, I would often try to find someone within an industry or company that I was interested in, and just come right out and ask for informational interviews, making it clear that I had no expectation of a job.