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The Interview Playbook, from Fortune Success: Read insider tips from CEOs, founders and top recruiters on how to ace interviews, avoid red flags, and land the job you want.
Kevin O'Leary
SuccessShark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary blasts Gen Z who love to job-hop every six months: ‘That’s a red flag’
By Preston ForeOctober 1, 2025
Lyft CEO David Risher
SuccessLyft CEO uses a Jeff Bezos-inspired interview question to suss out potential new hires: ‘Customers are fickle, so you’ve got to innovate on their behalf every day’
By Preston ForeSeptember 29, 2025
SuccessThese 3 ‘sudden death’ job interview answers could cost you the job—and never mention work-life balance, warns Suzy Welch
By Ashley LutzSeptember 22, 2025
25-year-old job seeker Sam Rabinowitz
SuccessGen Z grad sent out over 1,000 job applications—when he didn’t hear anything back, he carried a sign around Wall Street begging for a job instead
By Emma BurleighSeptember 17, 2025
SuccessTwilio CEO interviews candidates for 45 minutes over dinner—he’s listening for one word in particular, and you’re not hired if you say it too much
By Orianna Rosa RoyleSeptember 10, 2025
SuccessCEOs really are ditching Gen Z ‘first timers’ for AI, career coach to the Fortune 500 warns—here’s how grads can still land work
By Orianna Rosa RoyleSeptember 2, 2025
SuccessGen Zer washed his college basketball team’s dirty clothes and mopped floors to prove his passion—now he’s one of the youngest interns ever at the NBA
By Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 21, 2025
The Nitro Cart parked on the sidewalk
SuccessA millennial couple grew their side hustle into a business bringing in $4.5 million a year—here’s how the cofounder would start it again, with nothing
By Jessica CoacciAugust 17, 2025
Kelli Valade
SuccessDenny’s CEO asks potential hires these questions at the interview—if they can’t answer, it’s an immediate red flag
By Preston ForeJuly 27, 2025
SuccessMillions of Gen Z are jobless yet they’re ghosting employers—experts say voice notes are the cure to their phone anxiety
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJuly 6, 2025
Success25-year-old who delivered donuts to Silicon Valley bosses with his resume hidden inside is going viral—as millions of unemployed Gen Zers are desperate for job-hunting hacks
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJune 20, 2025
SuccessAmazon’s AI boss reveals the make-or-break trait that decides whether you get hired—and it’s straight out of Jeff Bezos’ playbook
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJune 18, 2025
SuccessGen Z grads are right: Degrees don’t matter to top employers anymore, CEO who has studied thousands of companies confirms
By Orianna Rosa RoyleApril 29, 2025
Chris Fowler speaks into a microphone
SuccessESPN host Chris Fowler shares the interview mistake that makes Gen Z job seekers look ‘entitled’
By Preston ForeApril 15, 2025
Business man and woman looking at documents together
SuccessBoss uses a recruiter-approved coffee cup test in every interview—and he won’t hire anyone who fails it
By Orianna Rosa RoyleApril 6, 2025
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