Have an informal “real talk” discussion with a senior partner (not one on one, with 10-15 of my fellow junior staff as well) in a couple days. Any advice for what to ask them? Want to make a good impression but also don’t want to pass up this opportunity to ask some questions that they (unlike many other people at my firm) have insight into.

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Ask him how he likes his coffee

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This is so true it hurts!!

Ask a specific question. Look at their LinkedIn and ask about how their background in x helped with y. Ask about how an upcoming trend will impact their specific practice... etc.

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If you ask them a question that their direct report could easily answer, you’ve failed. Ask them about state of business, opportunity areas, and other things they would have good insight into

Ask when they’ll let people back in the office

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