Am a junior associate, and associates in my office have been invited to attend lunch with visiting members of the firm’s executive committee. We’re encouraged to “bring questions” and have a meaningful dialogue. What kind of questions might be appropriate?

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Obsequious questions like "what advice would you give your younger self" or nothing

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Exactly this—no meaningful conversations take place at these sort of things and I promise you any sort of “revelatory insights” has already been brought to their attention. If they haven’t addressed it, it is by design.

It’s corporate theater, play the role 😂

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I like the question “what was your first job.” You get a lot of cool stories from that

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Anything related to their career trajectories, how the firm plans to invest in and develop AI (if not something already discussed constantly), growth plans of the firm and any emerging practices they're targeting for expansion, and similar would be appropriate.

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Agree with the sentiment not to ask anything controversial, but also you need to pretend you have some interest in the firm. So as someone above mentioned, asking about AI is good (and drop that you know K&E is building their own AI tools and ask what the firm thinks about that model). You can also ask about what practice areas or geographies the firm is looking at growing. If you come across as too obsequious, the other attendees may resent you, but if you can fill up the conversation so that there are no awkward silences, that will be appreciated.

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Dodge if you can. If not, just make up a few boring questions that call for scripted answers.

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