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The Secret of How To Ace Any Job Interview With Confidence!
David R. Portney · 2005
🎙 Narrated by David R. Portney (self-narrated)
52/100
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Portney brings 20 years as a hiring manager to a quick interview-prep primer, and the anxiety-calming angle is a nice touch most career books skip. But listeners flagged some of the actual interview-question advice as weak, and it dates back to 2005 so a few references feel stale now. The self-narrated delivery is fine, but the background music some reviewers called distracting drags the listen down a notch.
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🎙 Narration: rough Author-narrated coaching style, but background music in the production was called out by listeners as an annoying distraction.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety90
Substance / usefulness55
Craft & writing45
Originality45
Evidence & accuracy55
Hype vs delivers50
Age-fit70
Human-eye read50
Penny’s verdict52
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