{
  "id": 6706746,
  "title": "The 5-Minute Trick That Landed Me 3 Job Offers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/the-5-minute-trick-that-landed-me-3-job-offers",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-11T04:12:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/rahmanfrr/the-5-minute-trick-that-landed-me-3-job-offers-jff"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "I used to prepare for job interviews the usual way. Read the job description twice. Practice answering \"Tell me about yourself\" in front of a mirror. Show up, hoping for the best. However, after receiving three job offers, I started doing something different. Five minutes before I log in or walk into the interview room, the trick I follow is simple. Write down one sentence about the company's biggest problem at the moment. This isn't about their mission or values. It's about their actual problem. To find this, I quickly scan recent news, Glassdoor reviews, or sometimes the job post itself. If a company is hiring multiple people for one role, something is either broken or growing fast. That's the problem I focus on. I write this sentence by hand, in about two to three minutes. Then, I turn it into one question. This is another two minutes. Before the interview, I ask the interviewer about their company's problem. I ask something like: \"You're growing the support team fast. Is that mostly about response time, or are you preparing for a bigger launch?\" The outcome is remarkable. Every time I ask this question, the atmosphere changes. The interviewer leans in, sometimes laughs because it's amusing, or becomes quiet as they hadn't been asked this all week. The reason behind this effectiveness is simple. Most people walk in ready to talk about themselves. I walk in, already thinking about their problem. This is the only trick I use. It's not a magic script or a personality hack. It's about thinking about them, not me, for five minutes before the pressure hits. Next time, try this: Write one sentence about their real problem. Turn it into one question. Observe what happens.",
  "summary": "I used to prep for interviews the normal way. Read the job post twice. Practice \"tell me about yourself\" in the mirror. Show up hoping for the best. Three offers later, I do one thing differently. Five minutes, right before I log in or walk through the door. The trick I write down one sentence about the company's biggest problem right now. Not their mission. Not their \"values.\" Their actual…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}