Say you have 15 minutes with a senior leader at a firm you want to work for. What questions would you ask to make sure you leave a strong impression? *Serious answers only*

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I’d give them the elevator pitch on what I’m working on and how it’s adding value to our clients.

I’d ask them about career advice for someone at my level (the senior leaders tended to blast through the mid levels)

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People love to talk about themselves specially as they go up the ladder, I would ask him what he thinks is the future at x going to look like and after you show you are impressed/intrigued etc just don’t vocalize it and then ask how can I make that happen ?

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