What should I do if I find something negative about the interviewer or company in my research?

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  • Karen Chopra

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    Karen James Chopra, LPC, MCC, NCC, has been counseling career clients since 1999 and has helped hundreds of clients change careers, find new jobs and deal more effectively with workplace challenges.In addition to her private practice, she has worked for two national corporate outplacement firms: Lee Hecht Harrison and Resource Careers. These are the organizations that help people who have experienced a layoff or downsizing to find new jobs, and their programs are usually considered the gold-standard of job search technique.Ms Chopra is a regular presenter on career issues, having taught career theory at the graduate level, designed and delivered numerous workshops, and served as a regular guest commentator on WMAL’s career radio show Your Career Life.She isa career-changer herself. Before entering the counseling field, she worked for nearly a decade as a trade negotiator for the United States Government, first at the Department of Commerce and then at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.Ms. Chopra holds a number of relevant licenses and certifications: licensed professional counselor (LPC) in the District of Columbia; Master Career Counselor (MCC), a designation of the National Career Development Association (NCDA); and National Certified Counselor (NCC), a designation of the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC). Shebelongs to all of the relevant national and local associations involved in career counseling, including the American Counseling Association (ACA), the National Employment Counselors Association (NECA), the National Career Development Association (NCDA) and the Washington Metropolitan Area Career-Life Planning Network (MAC-LPN).HerB.A. is from the University of Virginia, and she received a masters of science in foreign service from Georgetown University, and a masters in community counseling from George Washington University.

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    Host: What should I do if I find something negative about the interview or company in my research?

    Karen Chopra: Make sure that you ask about any negative information that you find out in your research. There is no point in taking a job if you haven't explored what might be going wrong. So take the opportunity to think about, well how am I going to ask a question of this person in such a way that's going to be mutual. So if the company has had legal issues, you might not want to say, well, why have you been accused of money laundering or violations of securities law.

    You might to say there has been a lot of press about the company in the business section and I would love to know, what the company's perspective is on the issues that I have been reading about. It's a very gentle approach and it's non-accusatory, it doesn't imply that you think that the articles are right or wrong, you just indicate you know about them and you would like more information, but make sure that you ask about it.

    If your boss has a reputation of being a challenging person, you might say, you know there is some press out there that indicate that you are demanding boss, could you tell me what it is that you would like to see from employees that let you know that they are living up to your standards. The answer to that, will help you determine whether you are one of those people who can manage this particular demanding boss or whether you want to continue to look elsewhere.

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