I have to interview a writer for our team soon. I’ve never interviewed someone before. What do I ask?

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1. What’s your favorite conspiracy theory?
2. What TV show am I definitely not watching that I definitely should be watching? (That’s harder to answer than you think).
3. If you had to murder me right here, right now, how would you do it so you could get away with it?

Thank Mitch at Deutsch for these - he’s the world’s best interview...

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@deutsch1 you’ve ruined me and all interviews yet to come. If you can’t determine this is Mitch then you couldn’t handle one of my questions

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Anything that will tell you whether or not you want to be working with them at midnight on a Tuesday

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Are you interviewing a potential partner? Maybe just see if you get along. Ask about where they’ve been, what they get excited about, ads they’ve seen and liked, ads they hate. How they like to work, concept, etc. just see if you mesh.

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Agree a lot of this depends on whether they are in department or your future partner. If latter you want to get chemistry check, look at work together, etc. I’d also think about asking them questions to get a sense of what matters or how they approach team work. Like describe a time when you didn’t like the brief. Why? What happened? Who did you talk to? Etc. Or describe a time when someone didn’t get your concept but you really believed in it. What did you do? Did you convince them? How? That kind of stuff. Harder to have a rehearsed answer for those types of questions and can give you a sense of how they will navigate landscape.

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At this stage, maybe just see how they think... like throw them something you are working on, maybe something that you hit a wall with, and see how they interpret it. I like to see how people's brains work. Keep it loose, and have fun, like a brainstorm.

You can get a sense how far and wide their "net" is by the way they approach common challenges.

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Ask if they have a mentor. Says a lot about how they may handle feedback/if they are trying to grow.

You see a turtle on its back...

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