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The secret to capturing attention in a crowded space.

I recently caught up with a friend looking for a full-time job after graduate school. Let’s call him James. James is an insanely intelligent and hardworking person. I’m often in awe of his wits after our conversation. As smart and ambitious people do, he’s gunning for the top 1% of business jobs after graduation, like a Goldman Sachs investment banking job, a McKinsey consulting job, or a Google product manager job. These are some of the hardest jobs to get—you’ll often see tens of thousands of applications for just one role. Although James is probably one of the most intelligent people I…

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