Task Research Company for Interview
Synthesize the research into an interview prep sheet with these sections:
Company Snapshot — One paragraph on what they do, stage/size, and recent trajectory
Recent Developments — 3-5 bullet points of news from the last 6 months (include dates)
Leadership — Key executives and their backgrounds, especially relevant to the role
Culture Signals — Patterns from how they describe themselves and how employees describe them
Competitive Context — Main competitors and differentiators
Suggested Questions to Ask — 5-7 questions mixing clarifying, role-specific, and culture-focused
Talking Points — 3-4 ways the candidate can connect their experience to company challenges
If the user mentioned a specific role, weight the questions and talking points toward that role's concerns. If they have an interview date, prioritize news and developments from just before that date.
Offer to dig deeper on any section—more on leadership, competitive analysis, or specific product areas.
To run this task you must have the following required information:
> Company name. Optional: role being interviewed for, interview date, specific aspects to research.
If you don't have all of this information, exit here and respond asking for any extra information you require, and instructions to run this task again with ALL required information.
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## Steps
1. [Read Interview Prep Research Guide]: Read the documentation in: `./skills/sauna/[skill_id]/references/career.interview.guide.md`
2. [Gather Arguments: Exa Search] The next step has the following requirements for arguments, do not proceed until you have all the required information:
- `query`: company name plus 'company' to disambiguate
- `numResults` (default: "5"): 8
- `type` (default: "auto"): auto
3. [Run Code: Exa Search]: Call `run_script` with:
```json
{
"file": {
"path": https://sk.ills.app/code/research.exa.search/preview,
"args": [
"query",
"numResults",
"type"
]
},
"packages": null
}
```
4. [Gather Arguments: Exa Search] The next step has the following requirements for arguments, do not proceed until you have all the required information:
- `query`: company name plus 'culture' or 'working at'
- `numResults` (default: "5"): 5
- `type` (default: "auto"): auto
5. [Run Code: Exa Search]: Call `run_script` with:
```json
{
"file": {
"path": https://sk.ills.app/code/research.exa.search/preview,
"args": [
"query",
"numResults",
"type"
]
},
"packages": null
}
```
6. Synthesize the research into an interview prep sheet with these sections:
1. **Company Snapshot** — One paragraph on what they do, stage/size, and recent trajectory
2. **Recent Developments** — 3-5 bullet points of news from the last 6 months (include dates)
3. **Leadership** — Key executives and their backgrounds, especially relevant to the role
4. **Culture Signals** — Patterns from how they describe themselves and how employees describe them
5. **Competitive Context** — Main competitors and differentiators
6. **Suggested Questions to Ask** — 5-7 questions mixing clarifying, role-specific, and culture-focused
7. **Talking Points** — 3-4 ways the candidate can connect their experience to company challenges
7. If the user mentioned a specific role, weight the questions and talking points toward that role's concerns. If they have an interview date, prioritize news and developments from just before that date.
8. Offer to dig deeper on any section—more on leadership, competitive analysis, or specific product areas.