Company research tool

Look into a company before you apply or interview. Gather its business model, products, hiring activity and recent developments into a brief with sources and questions to follow up.

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What belongs in employer research?

A company research tool organizes public information around a practical decision: what you need to understand before applying or interviewing. It starts with the employer's identity, products and business, then checks hiring information and recent developments relevant to your target role.

A good company brief makes the evidence traceable. Official statements, reported news and employee anecdotes have different limits. Dates, conflicting sources and unknowns stay alongside the findings so you can decide what needs a direct question.

Company website → dated evidence → an employer brief

What employer data can you investigate?

Build a brief around the information that changes your next conversation.

  • Business and products

    Understand what the company sells, who it serves and what official sources substantiate.

  • Roles and locations

    Check relevant vacancies and stated office or remote arrangements.

  • Public developments

    Review dated announcements, filings and reporting without treating old figures as current.

  • Questions and evidence gaps

    Separate facts from interpretation and surface what public sources cannot answer.

How to find the relevant hiring contact

Use the company and role from your brief to research public recruiting profiles and the evidence connecting them to the opening.

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A company brief with evidence levels

Fictional research brief for Harbor, an illustrative employer. These statements are not about a real business.

Public-source notes in the example

Product and careers pages
Harbor describes a scheduling product and lists two customer success roles in the sample sources.
Company announcement
An earlier announcement says the business raised funding. The sample provides no current revenue, cash balance or runway.

Findings and questions

  1. Supported by the checked pages

    The described product and two observed roles can be linked to their respective sources with the date checked.

  2. Historical company claim

    Keep the funding announcement's original date and attribution. It does not establish the company's present financial position.

  3. Ask during the interview

    What customer segment would this role support, why is the position open, and how does the team measure success? Public information leaves these questions unresolved.

Illustrative research only. A real brief cites each material finding and distinguishes unavailable information from negative evidence.

Get better results with connectors

Bring a company website and leave with sourced findings and specific questions.

Useful connectors

  • Google Sheets
  • Notion
  • Google Docs

Understand the employer before the conversation

Use the company and role from your brief to research public recruiting profiles and the evidence connecting them to the opening.

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Company research tool FAQs

Can this help me research a company before an interview?

Yes. Supply the official website and your target role. The brief can connect the business, recent developments and hiring information to specific interview questions.

Does it verify a company's financial health?

It can summarize accessible dated financial evidence, such as public filings. It cannot establish current financial health from a funding announcement, headcount estimate or job listing alone.

Can employee reviews tell me what the culture is like?

They may suggest questions to investigate, but individual reviews are attributed anecdotes. They should not be converted into established facts or a definitive culture score.

Can I compare several employers?

Yes. Ask for the same fields across a bounded company list, with sources, dates and unknowns shown for every company.

Do I need a paid company database?

A first pass can use accessible public sources. Restricted information stays unavailable unless you provide authorized material. Running research in Okou requires sign-in and available credits.

Okou also has the companies hiring, the recruiter finder and the salary research tool.

Understand the employer before the conversation

Bring a company website and leave with sourced findings and specific questions.

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