Dr. Chris Stout advises early-career psychologists to research the people interviewing them, not just the company. Read their publications, check their teaching affiliations, and tailor your application to show genuine fit. Personalized prep beats generic knowledge.
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Similarities would be going through the interview process. I would say one of the things that I found and that I've— when I've mentored people, new graduates and early career psychologists, is to look to do the research on whoever it is that you're going to be working with. For example, in healthcare, it's kind of nice because you can see, have these people published? Do they teach at a university? What are the kinds of things that you can do a deep background on when you find out if you do get an interview? Who's going to be interviewing you. And I always felt that that was kind of a bonus or a benefit to go in very well prepared, not just knowing about, for your audience, a company, but then also the people at the company so that you show that you are very different than everybody else. You haven't just cut and pasted an application letter and a resume, but that you really took the time to say, hey, I really do want to be a good candidate for this position in your company, or in my case, in your practice or hospital. But the similarities would be going through the interview process. I would say one of the things that I found and that I've— when I've mentored people, new graduates and early career professionals,