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.