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...course you'll be apprehensive. But remember, the interview is a mutual process. Relax and be yourself. The interviewer is basically trying to get a feeling for what kind of person you are and to find out what your commitment to her company may be. If you can portray your own likable self and demonstrate an intelligence about your career planning, you will be well on your way to being asked back for a second interview
Another quirky maneuver is the author's tendency to switch between first and third person. Ostensibly he seeks to portray Frank's distance from his numerous problems. Kaplan also varies the tense from past to present. Mostly, this makes the book less readable, truncating any natural flow. Occasionally in all these switch-eroos the author gets lost. For example, in the midst of a third-person narrative, he writes, "It does seem almost toasty. The fire is crackling brightly..." Who finds the fire toasty? Frank? His wife, Jena? Although Kaplan might know, the reader certainly does...
...HERE'S THE FORMULA: portray the nominee as a great guy who didn't do anything wrong, didn't know anyone else did anything wrong and doesn't remember exactly what he knew...
Noble is running against two deeply-rooted municipal parties under an electoral system that favors incumbents and slates. Her strategy, therefore, has been to portray the existing power structure as clannish and badly in need of a shake...
...asking, I gather you have this image of Gilberto Rodriguez, chief of a drug cartel. You'll be disappointed. I am not a narco trafficker, let alone the chief of a drug cartel. Neither am I a megalomaniac. Therefore I am not pleased when people try to portray me as an evil, intelligent, powerful man who has an unlimited fortune...