101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions

Solid book as ever (I've read at least one earlier edition), though I wish some of the explanations and sample answers went into more depth. The author also usually provides a few examples of variations on a question (e.g. "What's the last book you read?" is, in essence, the same question--or at least, looking to reveal the same kind of info-- as "what's the last movie you saw?"), but there were a few instances where I thought some of the variations differed enough to have warranted some explanation on their own.

Major drawback for my current situation: everything presumes you're a stranger to the entity you're interviewing with, and also that you're in a purely corporate environment. Now, the general aspects of any given interview is show more more or less the same, and the technical, profession-specific nitty-gritty is beyond what any one author could ever cover. BUT it does make a difference for some answers if your interviewer is actually already your current boss, and you've already been working with that particular employer. show less

I had this book as a required text for a professional development class in graduate school. Working part-time in a bookstore for a while, I thumbed through several similar books--but in my opinion this was the most useful.

Interesting and creative questions and answers. Excellent suggestions that cover every area of the interview. My daughter used this book to spark her creative side, just before a crucial interview for a major (read: humongous!) scholarship. She got it, too.

I knew basically what he would say. But I found the book helpful