Amy chats with coach, trainer, speaker, and founder of The Early Manager, Joe Cardillo (they/them), about how we can use research and emotional intelligence to "read the room" when interviewing—i.e., figuring out the context of the organization, team, and manager to ascertain fit and effectively position ourselves to land the role.

We cover:

Asking specific questions to get specific answers

Questions as a form of positioning

The importance of researching an organization's business model, funders, product roadmap, reporting structure, public earnings reports, and other items

Explicit and implicit values, and corporate performativity

Self censorship and and professional risk-taking

Episode transcript

Links

The Early Manager

Connect with Joe on LinkedIn and Mastodon

Albert's List Job Search Community

Black Remote She

Finding Your Ideal Tech Role, Elisa Valdez de Ramirez

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