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Mar 2023
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What happened at my job interview with A...

Glam Observer - Giada Graziano
About this episode

In this podcast episode I am sharing what happened during my job interview for my e-commerce internship at Alexander McQueen.

I'll share what I did to prepare myself for it and what the recruiter tested me on.

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