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 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 bestselling work of fiction by a world-class author and you?ll pass this question with flying colors.
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