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Originally Posted by mikester
Organizational Knowledge - the interviewee should have researched the company he/she is applying for. If not - Fail. I like to see if the interviewee has any knowledge of the public company's stance in the market via financial knowledge like yearly profits or information readily available from investor and analyst updates.
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This is bunk. It may give management a warm and fuzzy feeling that you know the standing of the company but it does nothing to further your development in the field you work in. My company makes everything from cattle feed to plastic pellets used for injection molding and I can't possibly keep abreast of how all our divisions are doing. We are also privately held so financial data isn't shared with employees or the public. None of it matters anyway, my job is no different if I am working for the US government or the mafia. Data is data and it is my job to make sure it is available, not to understand what it is used for. All you need to know is that the company makes widgets and the only financial data you should research is your own IT budget, everything else is just corporate fodder that removes your focus from the job at hand.