How to Be an Attractive Speaker in an Interview Setting

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An audition is where you present yourself in as best a light as possible to make yourself appealing. An interview is some place where you get asked questions and you answer them. FedEx would interview candidates supposedly that it's true but they don't grade the people on the quality of their talk. They're looking for people in the audience of the job applicants to see how they signal to the speaker that they're empathetic, that they're rooting for them or just trying to be helpful.

Author Ryan Holiday discusses his book, Conspiracy, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. This is a crazy episode about a crazy book about a crazy set of events--the Hulk Hogan lawsuit against the website Gawker, a lawsuit that was secretly funded by Peter Thiel. Holiday explains how this happened and the lessons for all of us related to conspiracies, patience, strategy, and revenge. Along the way, Holiday discusses his techniques for reading and lessons for how to grab someone's attention when looking for a job or opportunity.