Job Interviews For Dummies

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Here I am, sitting at the table with my business casual outfit, ready for my second job interview. I applied for a job at a local start-up company. Hopefully, there wouldn’t be much work to do. I decided to take it easy this time, learning from my previous interview. Well, that was one weird experience in my life. Ah, I vividly remember that day. Finally, the day came that I had been waiting for at least a couple weeks if not months. It was an opportunity for me to take control of my upside down life. I couldn’t have waited until I would be able to live a lavish life and do what rich people do. I had been preparing for this interview for the longest time, during which I finished reading Job Interviews for Dummies and watching all of Dr. Ross

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