How do you prepare for interviews? Any tips would be helpful and appreciated.

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Make sure you ask who you are interviewing with and in what order. Look up the interviewers on linked in.
Read company website. Read company reviews online.
Prepare questions about the company and role that you're going to ask back during interview. Write down and bring with you, you're not going to remember them.
Think about how you're going to answer some questions you might be asked, including general crap which is the trickiest like "tell me about yourself". You want to have that story down and not be "umm"-ing through that. Other common ones like why are you leaving your job, what are you looking for next in your career and all those bs ones.
Have an annotated resume with notes across items on your resume so you have details behind that item at your finger tips. You must know your resume really well and be able to come up with something more about each bullet on there. Some people can really zero in on specific things you'd consider minor. Common stuff like types of projects you worked on during diff positions
Leave extra early to make sure you're not late if random stupid shit out of your control delays you - Murphy's law is real!
Eat/drink/go to bathroom before the interview. Don't discount how uncomfortable and/or distracted you can be if your bodily needs are not met.

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May be obvious, bust begin with the company website and a cruise around LinkedIn

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Superman pose.

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I'm sure Chip could give you some pointers 🤔

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Get your opening story about yourself nailed. Most important 5 minutes.

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research your interviewers, talk to people who work there, read up on client list. be authentic and be yourself - its a 2 way interview.

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Eat an edible

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Information is your biggest ally. Research everything about the company, the role, and the people you think you'd be interviewing with. Linked in and Glassdoor are great resources. Nothing should come as a surprise during the interview!

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