Bookseller Interview Questions

I told them that people would always go through piles of clothing that I just finished folding before asking for my help and all I could do was quickly attend them before they destroyed my table and get right back to folding clothes after I finished with them.

I wanted to work there because I like books and needed the flexibility. I like many different types of books - but diverted the question into what I was reading at the moment, and other books I had recently read.

I tried to sell The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay by giving a synopsis of the story and how interesting the time and setting of it is. I also tried to impart that although it's a boxing story, it's highly relatable, as well as repeating a quote from the novel ("First with the head and then with the heart, that's how a man stays ahead from the start.") that I've always remembered since.

try not to put something like "working too hard" that is not a criticism.

i LOVE helping people....i TRULY AM a PEOPLE PERSON...

No

I gave the incorrect answer - I said I would juggle the customers and try to help the one on the phone immediately if it was an issue that could be helped quickly. The correct answer was first-come, first-served.