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Sue is a Recruiter and Talent Sourcer with over 13 years of experience sourcing and interviewing candidates for a variety of roles and industries, including Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Financial, e-Commerce. She
Interviewers are looking for two key things in any candidate they're interviewing for a job: the ability to do the work and the ability to thrive at the company. Employees who mesh well with the company's environment will be happier, stay in the job longer, advance with the company, and contribute more.

Sue is a Recruiter and Talent Sourcer with over 13 years of experience sourcing and interviewing candidates for a variety of roles and industries, including Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Financial, e-Commerce. She
Make sure you research the company before your interview. If you take the time to review the job description, and the company website, and do a quick search on YouTube for videos, you'll get some sense of the work environment. You may see employees hanging out together or participating in community volunteer projects on social media sites. In your response, give the interviewer a sense of what you enjoy, but lean towards saying you tend to thrive in an environment similar to theirs.

Sue is a Recruiter and Talent Sourcer with over 13 years of experience sourcing and interviewing candidates for a variety of roles and industries, including Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Financial, e-Commerce. She
"I really enjoy working in collaborative environments. I prefer a work culture where everyone's input is taken into consideration because I believe approaching any project with a range of perspectives is better for the project. For that reason, I also prefer an open office setting--as you have here--so that it's easy to check in with other team members, managers, and colleagues on other teams who might bring fresh ideas to a problem or have other areas of expertise. That being said, I really like the privacy rooms you pointed out because in some situations I do work better when I can step away and really focus to get things done after I've gotten the input I need."

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