AAFTER DONALD TRUMP won the 2016 presidential election — when she was a former TV star rather than a former president — she handled the transition to the White House like it was a high-stakes episode of “The Apprentice.” Aspiring cabinet members arrived at his namesake tower in New York and walked past television cameras for interviews with the president-elect. Kanye West even made an appearance. This time Susie WilesTrump’s campaign manager and future chief of staff, led an orderly, low-key process. Mr. Trump’s deliberations at Mar-a-Lago in Florida are sometimes punctuated by announcements on social media. Applicants are reluctant to discuss their job search publicly, but some patterns have emerged. As of November 12, several publications were reporting that Marco Rubio (pictured, with Mr. Trump) would become Secretary of State. How does one go about being hired by Mr. Trump?