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Aug 2012
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86: Using Storytelling In Cases

StrategyTraining.com & FirmsConsulting.com
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Storytelling is a very powerful technique to ensure someone remembers you after an interview. In fact, even when we screen people at Firmsconsulting today, we use this technique I applied as a partner. The rule is simple: if I can remember your key messages from the interview the next day, I would make you an offer. That, of course, assumes you had passed al ... Show More
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