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Job Interview: Firsthand - (formerly Career Insider - Vault Interview Guides)

Library resources for job interviews.

Career Insider (Vault)

Career Insider (Vault) is a database that features sections to prepare yourself for a successful job interview. Visit Vault's Interview Tips & Questions website to access free sample questions, view interviewing basics videos, and read interviewing blogs. However, to download Vault Guides (ebooks) for Case Interviews, Behavioral Interviews, and Finance Interviews, you need to login to the Career Insider (Vault) database by clicking on the link below and entering your NYPL library card and PIN. Then, create an account and save your information on your profile.

See below for more details. 

Vault Guide to Case Interviews, Ninth Edition

One of the Career Insider database's main strengths is access to the Vault Guides, which are ebooks that you can download. Click on the Vault Guides tab, and on the left side, locate the Interviewing guides under the Advice Guides heading. Click on the title of the book or its picture. On the next screen, click on the option View Now and then click on Download. You will be prompted to enter your email address (the email address you used to create this database's account). Lastly, the guide will be downloaded as a PDF

 

Vault Guide to Behavioral Interviews

The Vault Guides are ebooks that you can download. Click on the Vault Guides tab, and on the left side, locate the Interviewing guides under the Advice Guides heading. Click on the title of the book or its picture. On the next screen, click on the option View Now and then click on Download. You will be prompted to enter your email address (the email address you used to create this database's account). Lastly, the guide will be downloaded as a PDF. 

Vault Guide to Finance Interviews

The Vault Guides are ebooks that you can download. Click on the Vault Guides tab, and on the left side, locate the Interviewing guides under the Advice Guides heading. Click on the title of the book or its picture. On the next screen, click on the option View Now and then click on Download. You will be prompted to enter your email address (the email address you used to create this database's account). Lastly, the guide will be downloaded as a PDF.