Using LinkedIn for Your Internship or Job Search

Use LinkedIn to find out information about people before you meet them or have an interview with them. This is important! If you know ahead of time who you will be meeting at a company, it’s good to gather some background information about them. Be careful not to make it obvious during the interview that you know specific details about them, or they may feel uncomfortable. Check the company pages, as described earlier, to see if any of your connections work at a particular company, if you have any connections in common with someone who works there, or if anyone at the company is in your extended network.