31.   A. Over the years, there have been books advising job applicants to get interviewers to do most of the talking.

32.   Against a backdrop of low unemployment, businesses are reporting shortages of qualified job applicants, forcing them to offer higher wages and other perks.

33.   But the anonymity allows anyone to pose as a company employee, job applicant or even a competitor.

34.   But the bottler decided to try to diversify its work force and expanded the source of job applicants.

35.   But they are also genuinely fed up with job applicants unable to read their own high-school diplomas.

36.   Clay, the Delta spokesman, refused to comment on whether the company continues to make such inquiries in screening job applicants.

37.   Civil rights advocates pose as job applicants and apartment seekers, to document racial discrimination.

38.   Companies that are hiring also can set higher standards for job applicants.

39.   Concerns about possible litigation over future discharges could also discourage employers from taking a chance on minority job applicants in the first place.

40.   Congressional aides hired by Democrats say they have been dismayed to see the questionnaire used by many Republican lawmakers to screen job applicants.