Tuesday, April 9 – “How Do I Interview With Other Cultures?”

Happy Wednesday!

Here’s what’s on the job description for today:

1. New roles from on a language based ed-tech company.

2. Today’s Question: “I am constantly interviewing with companies and hiring managers who are from other cultures than my own. How can I best prepare?”

IN HIRING

Preply

• One of the few companies where those beginner language courses on your resume are useful, Preply lines learners and tutors from around the world for many, many different languages.

• Most of their jobs are focused in either beautiful Barcelona or rainy London. You’re choice!

• Here are a few of the most interesting roles available

  • FP&A Manager – Click here for full details

  • Strategic Finance Manager – Click here for full details

  • Finance Operations Lead – Click here for full details

Click here for the company’s career page

TODAY’S QUESTION

Today’s Question: “I am constantly interviewing with companies and hiring managers who are from other cultures than my own. How can I best prepare?”

Recommendation: with most of the candidates I work with being international, here’s what I’ve seen work:

• First, one of the best things you can do, regardless of the background of your interviewer, is to reach out to a 10-15 people at the company on LinkedIn once you get the interview.

  • They will be able to tell you if the interview format is different than what you’re used to and how they would prepare if they were in your position.

• Second, focus on the country the interviewer is living and working rather than where they’re from.

  • It can be hard to know where someone is truly from but if you can see from their LinkedIn that they grew up in the Middle East, that might be a give away.

  • Even still, if you’re interviewing for a role in New York, I would assume the format will be similar to other jobs in their industry.

• Finally, curiosity beats all.

  • All the guessing and online research can be worthless when compared to asking genuine questions in the interview and trusting your gut on what makes sense in the moment.

  • Chances are you’re better at understanding what’s appropriate than you think.

Conclusion:

Considering who the interviewer is makes for great prep but don’t overthink this. Network and ask lots of questions for best outcomes.