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Hiring right is all about finding a great cultural fit. This is one of those insidious terms that no one can explain, but its absence is always grounds for not hiring someone. A simple way to think about it is as the sister of affinity bias, and one way to project this is through your media consumption, especially your movies. Now, everyone knows Hollywood doesn't know crap about Wall Street, so be sure to come across as the most astute cinephile this side of Orson Welles who can wax poetic about how off-the-mark these movies are when socializing with your interviewers, future boss, or anyone at the office who will listen. To help prioritize your time, I've listed them below in order of viewing priority:

 The Godfather (1972). What does the Mafia have to do with Wall Street? Everything! Every senior person you meet will liken himself to Don Corleone, even the women. Watch and learn. Oh, and if you're ever referred to as “Fredo,” watch your back!

 The Godfather: Part II (1974). Watch this to see what happens when you betray your firm. It doesn't end well. It also explains why your boss is such a jerk. They didn't start like that. Society made them that way.

 Margin Call (2011). All-time true-story fiction showing how Lehman Brothers really came within a gnat's hair of ending morning Starbucks macchiatos for everyone on both coasts.

 The Big Short (2015). Ever wonder how the Great Recession led to you moving to a trailer park? This is “Securitization for Dummies.”

 Trading Places (1983). Confidence-booster that provides scientific evidence that any schmuck can make it on Wall Street.

 The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). Mostly fictional account of the glamorous life of fourth-tier stockbrokers who you'll never meet at a real investment bank. Oh, except the dwarf-tossing. That's authentic.

 Glengarry Glen Ross (1992). This is about real estate salesmen, but they coined one of the mantras of all salespeople all over the world: ABC—Always Be Closing. Don't think defining your job as sales is too lowbrow. It's all about the sale! And don't think you deserve anything if you aren't generating sales. Remember Alec Baldwin's warning: “Coffee's for Closers!”

 Wall Street (1987). 100 percent complete and utter crap; a classic example of a Wall Street movie written by a Hollywood outsider who created characters that are bastard composites of multiple jobs. Little to no redeeming qualities except for creating the one-liner every wannabe investment banker cites to simultaneously prove how knowledgeable and douchey he is: “Greed Is Good.”