how much time do you generally spend prepping for an interview?

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30 minutes - I tend to skim through the company’s 10K (if public) and any relevant news (recent M&A transactions, etc.).

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A day before I honestly read my resume and ask myself behavioral questions and write down the responses just to make me feel prepared because you got this at the end of the day. You know what you do you just need to be able to pull out the right words

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Like 2-3 hours. I get very nervous and tend to stutter during my interviews so practicing helps. I mainly reread my resume to make sure I can speak to every point, and think of good responses to the most common behavioral questions.

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Depends on the type of interview. Spent around 40hrs prepping for a 2hr interview. Interview was a resume deep dive + ppt presentation + demo of the product integration

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