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InterviewingOctober 13, 2026

Leverage your recruiter as a resource

Most people are afraid to ask their recruiter for insights. Let's break that belief today. Ask what questions to expect, which accounts or cycles the team owns, and what they are measured on.

I bugged my recruiter three times before my Google interview. She ended up telling me to have a baseline on Google Ads. One question turned out to be how I would run an ad and account for the spend.

Get specific to the seat. In audit, ask whether they test technical accounting or stay behavioural. In FP&A, ask about a modelling exercise. It's not rocket science. Your recruiter is on YOUR side.

WHAT MOST PEOPLE SEND

“Looking forward to Thursday! Let me know if you need anything else from me.” Nothing asked, nothing learned, and the prep stays a guess.

WHAT TO SEND INSTEAD

Thanks for setting this up. Could you tell me the team's priorities for the year, which cycles or accounts they own, and whether to expect technical accounting questions or mainly behavioural ones?