TRAPS: As in all matters of your interview, never fake
familiarity you don't have. Yet you
don't want to seem like a dullard who hasn't read a book since Tom Sawyer.
BEST ANSWER: Unless you're up for a position in academia or
as book critic for The New York Times, you're not expected to be a literary
lion. But it wouldn't hurt to have read
a handful of the most recent and influential books in your profession and on
management. Consider it as part of the work of your job search to read up on a
few of these leading books. But make sure
they are quality books that reflect favorably upon you, nothing that could even
remotely be considered superficial. Finally, add a recently published best
selling work of fiction by a world-class author and you'll pass this question
with flying colors.
