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When you want to pass an exam

The final two chapters in this section focus on two “yeses” all of us want at some point:

  • A “yes” from an interviewer – the next chapter describes how to write a résumé that stands out amongst all the others out there.
  • A “yes” from an examiner – this one shows the most effective, simplest, quickest way of passing an exam.

Before I started doing what I do now, I used to teach accountants how to pass their professional exams (bit of a career change, I know). And these exams aren’t easy. Many students, who’d sailed through exams all their lives, suddenly came unstuck with these, despite working harder than ever before.

I found that they almost always had enough knowledge to pass. But they didn’t know how to maximize their ...

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