Recruiting: tips on what to do after an informational interview with an employee of a company you want to work for. Ask for a referral? Anything else?

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Let the person you spoke with know you are interested and would like to proceed with a formal interview and ask to speak with others at the prospective employer.

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How do you get informational interviews? Just directly reach out to folks at the firm you’re interested in? If so, how do you know they are somehow related to the specific opening that you’re looking at?

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Please mail your CV to ammar.azizi1@gmail.com along with the Job ID from the EY careers website ( https://careers.ey.com/ ) for a referral. Please only send your CV if you have not applied directly or already asked someone else to refer already.

Please also DM me here because sometimes the CV goes into my spam folder. Cheers!

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