Many people concentrate on LinkedIn and job boards like Monster or Indeed.
Yet if you do a quick search on Quora you find people getting jobs and information on interviews or future employers.
First we start with a list of posts where people share their job searching experiences:
- https://www.quora.com/Is-it-possible-to-get-a-job-using-Quora
- https://www.quora.com/Has-anyone-found-a-job-via-Quora
- https://www.quora.com/Who-got-recruited-after-their-participation-in-Codesprint-Quora
- https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-get-hired-by-Quora-How-can-I-get-an-interview
Now we look at interview information sourcing:
- https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-way-to-learn-algorithms-I-want-to-prepare-for-a-Google-interview-and-I-am-willing-to-spend-all-of-my-free-time-learning
- https://www.quora.com/Is-Apple-s-hiring-process-similar-to-Google-s
- https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-prepare-for-Google-and-Microsoft-interviews-from-a-no-name-college
- https://www.quora.com/Is-it-acceptable-for-men-to-wear-earrings-at-interviews-or-while-working
Hopefully the last list shows the value of Quora as a research tool in your job search:
- https://www.quora.com/Why-don-t-aircraft-manufacturers-produce-jet-engines-in-house-rather-than-buy-them-from-Rolls-Royce-GE-Pratt-Whitney-and-so-on
- https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-top-5-IT-companies-to-work-for-in-India
- https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-places-in-finance-to-work-as-a-data-scientist
- https://www.quora.com/How-can-an-English-speaking-person-get-a-job-in-Switzerland
If you’re still needing to know what it’s like to work at a prospective company, you should take advantage of the websites where employees leave their feedback.
These include 3 websites which you may not know:
Of course if you work in hospitality or hotels, websites with customer feedback like Tripadvisor or Yelp will give you some insight into the problems a restaurant or hotel may be facing with their customers.
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