The Interview Playbook
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.

SuccessShark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary warns job seekers he’ll throw your resume ‘straight in the garbage’ if you have bad WiFi
By Preston ForeJanuary 16, 2026

SuccessGen Z’s hiring nightmare is real. These are the curveball questions CEOs are asking to catch out job seekers: ‘Design a car for a deaf person’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJanuary 7, 2026

SuccessGen Z could wave goodbye to résumés because most companies have turned to skills-based recruitment—and find it more effective, research shows
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 29, 2025

SuccessCisco’s top exec and Amazon’s Andy Jassy share the same hiring red flag—and it’s something that can’t be taught
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 27, 2025

SuccessMeet the Chanel chief who hires for personality over talent or skills—those with ‘big egos, want to work solo or are mercenaries’ don’t pass go
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 22, 2025

SuccessCEO says he’s started giving job candidates live feedback in the interview—and if they ‘freeze up’ or ‘get offended’ they’re not fit for the role
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 9, 2025

SuccessThis IBM exec asks job candidates whether they think we are in an AI bubble as a make-or-break interview test—and there’s no right or wrong answer
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 1, 2025

SuccessFormer VP Kamala Harris says she went through a nine-hour interview to land the job—but she couldn’t escape ‘gold medal depression’ even when she won
By Emma BurleighOctober 31, 2025

SuccessBank boss says Gen Z did ‘what society told them’—they got degrees and debt—but still no jobs: ‘This generation wasn’t built to withstand that level of rejection
By Jessica CoacciOctober 23, 2025

SuccessVerizon exec tells unemployed Gen Z they can always volunteer to stand out in the current bleak job market
By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 16, 2025

SuccessA 19-year-old NBA intern landed a private meeting with LA Clippers CEO from a cold email—she told him ‘to do work that you can do for free’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 7, 2025

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

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
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