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"   You just got a call to interview for the job you&amp;#039;ve been coveting. Score! You find the perfect outfit for the interview\u2014not too conservative, not too revealing\u2014and every hair is in place. But don&amp;#039;t freak about the zillions of people who applied for the gig. Your competition field is actually smaller than you think. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Business School evaluated thousands of interviews and came to the conclusion that interviewers only compare applicants to other interviews from that day\u2014a phenomenon they refer to as &amp;quot;narrow bracketing.&amp;quot; In plain English? It means an interviewer will pick you to go to the next round of interviews if you did better than everyone else she saw that day. Crazy, huh? Our advice? Try to be the first person interviewed that day. That way, you&amp;#039;ll be the one to beat in the mind of the interviewer\u2014and you&amp;#039;ll increase your chances of getting that job. Want more from Meagan? Follow her on Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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