How to Research Any Company in 20 Minutes Using AI
Two AI hosts. One company. Twenty minutes to interview-ready.
Silje Sundal
This is an AI-generated podcast created by feeding the ByeByeApply website into Google's NotebookLM. Two AI hosts break down what ByeByeApply does and how preference-based matching works — it's a great way for job seekers to quickly understand any company before reaching out.
Pop in your headphones, hit play, and in 20 minutes you'll understand the model, the mission, and why job seekers and companies show up here differently.
Listen — 20 min
The ByeByeApply Deep Dive
Generated by Google NotebookLM from the ByeByeApply website. Two AI hosts, one product overview.
Why this matters
Most job seekers walk into interviews — or open-application conversations — with a surface-level read on the company. An Audio Overview turns hours of website, blog, and press reading into a 20-minute conversation you can listen to on a walk. By the time you reach out, you sound like someone who's done the homework — because you have.
Try it yourself
You can do this for any company you're interested in — before an interview, before an open application, or just to see whether you'd actually want to work there.
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Go to notebooklm.google.com
Sign in with a Google account. It's free.
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Paste the company's website URL as a source
You can add multiple sources — the company's homepage, their About page, recent press releases, their careers page. NotebookLM will only use what you give it.
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Generate an Audio Overview
Click the Audio Overview option in the Studio panel. NotebookLM produces a podcast-style conversation between two AI hosts who summarise and discuss the sources — usually 15–25 minutes long.
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Listen on the way to your interview
By the time you arrive, you understand the company's positioning, their recent moves, and the language they use about themselves. That's the foundation for a real conversation.
Tip courtesy of Madeleine Bjørnestad Røed
Thanks to Madeleine Bjørnestad Røed for the tip on using NotebookLM Audio Overviews to prep for interviews and open applications.