The Free AI Tool That Makes Korean Job Prep Easy

Most candidates applying to Korean jobs are underprepared. It is not because they are lazy, but because thoroughly researching a Korean company, understanding their business model, and predicting their interview questions takes a lot of time.

If you feel lost or overwhelmed by your job prep, there is a free tool from Google called NotebookLM that can completely change how you prepare for Korean interviews.

Think of NotebookLM as your personal, AI-powered research assistant. It can crawl an entire company's website, complicated documents, and instantly generate likely interview questions, business strategy insights, and organized study notes, all in one place. Here is exactly how to use it to dominate your next job interview in Seoul.

1. Crawl the Company Website

The first step is to feed NotebookLM the most up-to-date information about your target company.

Open NotebookLM and use the "Add Source" feature to paste in the URLs of the company's website, their blog, and their "About Us" pages. (For this guide, I built a full example using the global tech company Sendbird).

Within minutes, the AI reads everything and compiles their technology stack, product positioning, and core business strategy into organized notes. You have a holistic picture of where the company stands today. You do not need to click through dozens of web pages; the AI summarizes the core business model for you perfectly.

2. Turn Passive Reading into Active Study

NotebookLM can also turn your research into an interactive study session.

Once the company data is loaded, you can ask the AI to generate a quiz directly from those notes. You can test yourself on the company's history before you walk into the interview room.

3. Build a Custom Knowledge Base

Here is where the tool gets incredibly powerful: you are not limited to just the company website.

You can upload PDF files, Google Docs, and plain text. I highly recommend finding and uploading:

• Industry ebooks and whitepapers
• Podcast transcripts featuring the company's CEO or founders
• Recent news articles or press releases about the company's funding or expansion

If you are applying for an IT role, feed the AI dozens of these industry-specific reports. NotebookLM organizes it all into a single, highly searchable knowledge base. It links the concepts together, meaning no more scattered browser tabs or forgotten PDFs. Everything you need to know about the company and their competitors is in one dashboard.

Four. Extract High Level Business Strategy

Once all your sources are loaded, prompt NotebookLM to extract the company's business strategy. Ask the AI:

• "What are the main problems this company is trying to solve?"
• "Where are they currently investing their resources?"
• "What is their competitive angle against other Korean startups?"

Now, you are walking into that interview with high-level, strategic insights. You can confidently discuss how your specific skills will help them solve the exact problems they are facing right now.

Summary

Even if you don't land the first interview, you have successfully built a structured study guide for your industry and a repeatable system you can run for every future company you target.

Want to see exactly what this looks like?

I built a complete NotebookLM study book using Sendbird as the example. Send me a DM and I will send you my study notebook!