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Topic: Job Interview w/ Startup Mag
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| PIKACHU30305 | Posted – 8/8/2007 11:26:41 PM | show profile | email poster So here's the deal, I have recently been contacted for a position as the assistant to the editor in chief of an upstart 'men's lifestyle mag' based in my hometown of ATL (I guess it's maybe a city-specific GQ, or something). Anyway, how should prepare for interview, when I don't know anything about the magazine? What should I wear? This will my very first interview for I guess what could be a career move- I've got writing samples that have been published, but that's as far as my experience goes. What should I do? Help/tips are greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance! |
| JimmyG | Posted – 8/9/2007 11:06:55 AM | show profile Put your best image forward in all cases when interviewing, even if this is a three-person staff in a loft office with a pool table in the middle of the room. I once interviewed with Playboy when it was in Chicago wearing a coat and tie in the middle of summer, when the best-dressed editorial person there was the one wearing socks. Still, the HR person was professionally dressed, as you should be. Beyond that, look at what other "mens lifestyle" mags cover -- cars, electrionics, sports, fashion, etc. -- and bring clips that you can relate to that tone and content (assuming this is an editorial-related job and not just an administrative-assistant position where you'll just be opening mail and compiling comp lists. |
