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Indicate that you have a 
strong interest in maintaining 

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your health. Try to discover 
what the current employees at 

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the company do to 
maintain their health. 

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Look around the office of the 
interviewer for hints about 

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what type of answer the 
interviewer is looking for. 

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Also, there's a rumor, which 
quite possibly could be true, 

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that people who say during an
interview that they play team

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sports (such as soccer,
volleyball and softball) are

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offered higher starting salaries
than those who mention truly

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individual ones (such as
marathon running).

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The interviewer may be making
small talk. The interviewer

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may also be probing for
information on how you make

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decisions in your personal life.
Use your best judgment in how to

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answer this question,
particularly if the last movie

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you saw was "Slasher
Zombies from Mars."

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Look around the interviewer's
office to see if you might

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have any leisure-time
activities in common. (You

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might see trophies, team
pictures, books, and so on) Do

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not mention so many
leisure-time activities that

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the interviewer wonders
when you have time to

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go to work.

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Assume that the interviewer
means drinking alcoholic

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beverages. This is a touchy
question. If you do not drink,

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say so, but be brief and not
self-righteous. If you do not

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drink any longer and you are
a recovering alcoholic, simply

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say that you do not drink. If
you do drink, admit it, but

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don't go on and on about the
blow-out party you

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went to last night.

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If your field has professional
associations, you should look

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into joining them -- even if
you are not employed now.

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These groups offer great
networking opportunities. You

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should at least be familiar
with the names of the

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associations.

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Be honest. Some companies only
hire non-smokers because the

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health insurance is less
expensive for non-smokers than

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for smokers. Don't be boastful
about being a non-smoker --

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the interviewer may smoke, and
you do not want to risk

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offending her.

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Keep up with the popular
fiction and nonfiction books

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-- your library usually will
have all of the top-sellers.

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If you do not read books, talk
about what you do instead.

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(For example, you could say
that you spend your time

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working on an antique car.)