Creatives: what are your favorite questions to ask the person interviewing you for a job? I always feel like by the time they say “do you have any questions?” they’ve already answered most of them.

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Posting as :
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How can I make your life easy?

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Have you ever seen the rain?

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What’s a good day and bad day like for you?

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Are you gonna go my way?

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I flip it and ask them how they came up with the work they’re most proud of.

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wheres the best place to get tacos around here.

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Then just conclude the interview. Please no cutesy questions like what character are you. Those make me want to smack the person who asked.

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What is one thing you love about working here and one thing you wish you could change?

If your agency was a fictional character who would you be

What’s the worse thing about your company culture?

What do people have the hardest time with in this role?

ask nothing about the actual job. if you dont have any questions they probably feel like they have already answered job questions too.

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