This manufacturing process carves phone casings from a single block of aluminum for lightweight durability.

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And this would be over long since, except for those efforts to block the process at every turn.

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But while some might see the interview as a mere formality, for others this face-to-face encounter proves to be a major stumbling block in what is already a competitive application process.

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