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Is it good idea to research the interviewer? I researched my would-be interviewer & found out a some very useful information about her background. During the interview I made a few comments that indicated I knew where she went to graduate school & what some her previous jobs were.
I thought I was helping out my cause, but I ended up getting the feeling that the interviewer was way more creeped-out (how/why does this person know so much about me?) than impressed or flattered.
So, what gives? Did I come across a touchy interviewer, or did I make a mistake by referencing things from her background without prefacing it with an explanation of how I came across this information?
Personally, I wouldnt research the interviewer (for a start if its a common name, how can you be sure you have the right person). If you are going to, to try and show you have a good knowledge of the company etc, I would at least explain how you knew this information and why you had looked them up. Something simple like “I wanted to find out about the company/position i would be working in as I could, so i researched online (or wherever you did it) and whilst there came across information about yourself, nice to see you graduated from blah blah” etc – to me, the way you did it would have creeped me out too i’m afraid to say
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