Depends what kind of job obviously, but one thing that really helped by brother land a job at Cravath next summer was to have a general knowledge of not just the firm, but literally anything big going on in the world (business, economics, law, anything). The people that interviewed him said he came across as a worldly 30 year old (he's actually 22) with nothing to show for it, which I guess is a good thing.
Something my dad tought me was to always ask questions about the company and the interviewer's job. It shows interest, even if you could care less about the answer. If you can reflect back on the answer, great, but just asking it can go a long way sometimes.
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