Indicate that you have a strong interest in maintaining
your health. Try to discover what the current employees at
the company do to maintain their health.
Look around the office of the interviewer for hints about
what type of answer the interviewer is looking for.
Also, there's a rumor, which quite possibly could be true,
that people who say during an interview that they play team
sports (such as soccer, volleyball and softball) are
offered higher starting salaries than those who mention truly
individual ones (such as marathon running).
The interviewer may be making small talk. The interviewer
may also be probing for information on how you make
decisions in your personal life. Use your best judgment in how to
answer this question, particularly if the last movie
you saw was "Slasher Zombies from Mars."
Look around the interviewer's office to see if you might
have any leisure-time activities in common. (You
might see trophies, team pictures, books, and so on) Do
not mention so many leisure-time activities that
the interviewer wonders when you have time to
go to work.
Assume that the interviewer means drinking alcoholic
beverages. This is a touchy question. If you do not drink,
say so, but be brief and not self-righteous. If you do not
drink any longer and you are a recovering alcoholic, simply
say that you do not drink. If you do drink, admit it, but
don't go on and on about the blow-out party you
went to last night.
If your field has professional associations, you should look
into joining them -- even if you are not employed now.
These groups offer great networking opportunities. You
should at least be familiar with the names of the
associations.
Be honest. Some companies only hire non-smokers because the
health insurance is less expensive for non-smokers than
for smokers. Don't be boastful about being a non-smoker --
the interviewer may smoke, and you do not want to risk
offending her.
Keep up with the popular fiction and nonfiction books
-- your library usually will have all of the top-sellers.
If you do not read books, talk about what you do instead.
(For example, you could say that you spend your time
working on an antique car.)