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• Author: Lindsay Cameron
• Profession: Corporate attorney
• Pages: 197-202

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I    of my sparkling water and looked around the res-

taurant. Barbara Walters was two booths over, and Henry Kravis,

founder of the powerhouse private equity rm KKR, was in the

booth behind us. I was pretty sure I spotted John Kerry in the cor-

ner. e Four Seasons Grill Room was a plethora of white collar

pseudo- celebrities. As the restaurant of choice for power-lunchers

in New York, the annual income of the lunch crowd was probably

bigger than the GDP of a small nation, making it the perfect place

to recruit potential candidates to F&D.

“e restaurant selection for the interview lunch is paramount,”

I remember the Head of Recruiting preaching at the “Successful

Recruitment Techniques” seminar last year that I, along with many

of my fellow associates, was required to attend. We needed to learn

the ne art of courting law students before we could be released into

the wild to spread the word about F&D. We were the select “normal

ones,” I’d realized, looking around at those attending the seminar.

ey hadn’t invited Cheese Boy or the associate that spontaneously

fell asleep during conversations. ey’d conscripted a select few to

fulll the warm, friendly, female quota that was evidently lacking at

the partner level. “We’ve provided a list of appropriate restaurants

in the packet I’ve passed out.” He’d held up the recruiting packet

the way an evangelist would hold up a bible. “You’ll recognize the

names Le Cirque, Four Seasons, and the like. Don’t go o the list

without consulting me rst,” he’d warned us before moving on to the

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