Regardless of your career path, pre-interview preparation is a must, and perhaps the most important aspect of your preparation is company research. Before picking up the phone or walking through the office doors you can get miles ahead of the competition with a thorough understanding of a company’s business, operations, products and services.  Listed below are some links that will help you develop this much-needed company expertise.

Links

Hoover's - Database of 12 million companies, with in-depth coverage of 40,000 of the world's top business enterprises
Securities and Exchange Commission - offers a wealth of educational information through a database of disclosure documents that public companies are required to file with the Commission

Yahoo! Finance - offers not only company specific information, but allows users to research markets and industries