Tia

Just make sure you pick a book you've actually read, if the interviewer's read it too, she might want to discuss it.

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Make it an earth-friendly holiday!

Trionix

I won't pick a book, or an author, I havent read.

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The Viking

Don't lie. Talk about books you actually know of. I have no idea what you've read, so I can't comment on that, but just be honest about it. I think the point of that question will be to determine if you actually read and have a concept of the literary world, rather than simply looking for a quiet job and an easy paycheck.

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sprankified

so did you get the gig?

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we used to fuss when the landlord dissed us, no heat, wonderin why christmas missed us. birthdays was the worst days, now we sip champagne when we thirstay. damn right i like the life i live, cause i went from negative to positive, and it's all good.
and if ya don't know, now ya know

Trionix

I still don't know! But I was told I'd hear back either way, so I'm not too worried yet.

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Like2spray

So I'm assuming from your comment in another thread that you got the job??

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Tequesian
savmotron

Trionix

Sorry yep, I should have updated. I did indeed get the job, and I've loved pretty much every minute of it, it's so chilled! My book knowledge has suddenly skyrocketed, the people are nice, the customers are nice, it's all groovy.

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Brewtality

Seems like the perfect job for you right now man, glad you're having fun.

I applied to Waterstones last year and heard nothing back and was pretty gutted. But then Katie applied and didn't hear anything back either (you'd think an english literature degree would be a bonus) so I felt slightly better....until I went in and they'd hired an army of emo kids.

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The broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods. It would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will continue to think that there may be some other explanation. For the grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down, a fact which is known to all expert liars in this world and to all who conspire together in the art of lying. These people know only too well how to use falsehood for the basest purposes... Adolf Hitler

Trionix

There are no emo kids working in my branch, thank you very much.

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Like2spray

Awesome man, great news!

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Jet

haha that's rad. Do you tell people they have to pay in leather bound pounds? Please do that one time.

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she's not that kind of a girl, booger!

Tequesian

Wow, kudos.

I recall a used book place I used to frequent as a kid in Maine. Pro Libris. Picked up a full metric butt-ton of scifi there. All the greats... Norton, Heinlein, Asimov, Herbert. The Proprietor was a fella named Eric. The policy was half the cover price, and trade-ins were basically a quarter of the price, but after a while I was in there so much that he started just swapping the books for me even trade.

They were only paperbacks anyway, but it was pretty damn nice of him to let me keep my three bucks a week.

Once in a while, I realise that I really do live in a very foreign land from where I grew up. They do not do used books out here in Wa. so much.

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Pretty sure no one is fooled by my alleged intelligence. However, sometimes my ability to state the obvious seems necessary