Answer: The answer is A. This gesture is so small, yet we cannot stress this point often enough: receptionists and assistants are key people within organizations and many employers will ask them about the manners of the candidates - so make sure you introduce yourself in a professional and friendly manner. Those candidates who think a little too highly of themselves may ignore -- or even be rude to -- the "little people." And candidates who have that behavior in an interviewing situation would only be worse if they were to become employees, so employers tend to shy away from candidates with these attitudes.

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