First Round Ready Companion Workbook #5: Formulating High-Signal Questions for Interviewers

Stand out in a crowded talent market.

The right questions can leave an indelible impression on interviewers and place you in a league of your own.

This workbook provides a structured approach to researching and formulating high-signal questions for interviewers about the:

• Industry
• Competitive Landscape
• Company
• Team
• Role
• Interviewer

What's in this Workbook

• 6 Question categories and >31 prompts to get you started
• 10+ mad-lib style pre-formulated questions
• a beautifully formatted table to store, prioritize, and manage all of your questions, and the responses from interviewers
• 2 embedded videos with additional question ideas and resources

...plus 23 pre-made high-signal questions to use in an emergency.

NOTE This workbook is not meant to be used stand-alone. It's meant to be used with the First Round Ready Course (link). It may be a bit less useful to you if you purchase this workbook without first learning FRR.

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About me (Coach Erika)

My mission is to help 10 million people land their dream jobs.

As a hiring manager at Big Tech and unicorn startups, I've conducted thousands of First-Round interviews. In November '20, I became an interview coach.

My candidates were scoring offers left and right, with 93% of them landing their dream jobs after as few as 3-5 sessions with me.

The word got out, and I was soon overwhelmed by hundreds of candidates asking for my help 1:1. That's when I decided to package my tools and frameworks and make them available to more people.

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