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Working with a group of new people and need some conversation starters? Break the ice and get to know people better by selecting several of these get-to-know-you questions. • Who is your hero? • If you could live anywhere, where would it be? • What is your biggest fear? • What is your favorite family vacation? • What would you change about yourself if you could? • What really makes you angry? • What motivates you to work hard? • What is your favorite thing about your career? • What is your biggest complaint about your job? • What is your proudest accomplishment? • What is your child's proudest accomplishment? • What is your favorite book to read? • What makes you laugh the most? • What was the last movie you went to? What did you think? • What did you want to be when you were small? • What does your child want to be when he/she grows up? • If you could choose to do anything for a day, what would it be? • What is your favorite game or sport to watch and play? • Would you rather ride a bike, ride a horse, or drive a car? • What would you sing at Karaoke night? • What two radio stations do you listen to in the car the most? • Which would you rather do: wash dishes, mow the lawn, clean the bathroom, or vacuum the house? • If you could hire someone to help you, would it be with cleaning, cooking, or yard work? • If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be? • Who is your favorite author? Party time! Get your group organized with an 26. Have you eve...

To get the right information, or the information you need, requires you to ask the right questions. Doing so will allow you to build rapport as well as learn more about the person you are talking to. The art of conversation may be daunting, but here are a few questions you might want to ask the next time you want to learn more about a person. Who knows, you just might forge a deeper relationship based on understanding and intellectual stimulation because of this. List of Questions to Ask People 11 Best Conversation Topics • Where Do You Like to Go When You Eat Out? Everyone likes to eat out. This is a fun way to get a feel for a person’s tastes. You can even use what you learn as an “in” to invite the person to their favorite place the next time around. • Do You Like to Cook? Cooking is a skill that most people are proud of and would likely talk in length about. You might even learn a thing or two. • Could You Live Without the Internet? Every aspect of life is somehow connected to the internet. It would be fun to know their thoughts about not having it. • Most Memorable Birthday? Birthdays are almost always special and throughout the years there is bound to be 1 or 2 birthdays that are more memorable than the rest. • What Would Your Perfect Day Be Like? This is pure imagination fuel. Watch their eyes light up as they “live” their best day. • When Are You Happiest? This one goes down to the very core of living. It’s just going to be positive vibes all around. • What’s on Yo...

Here is my ridiculously long list of good questions to ask. Use them to get a conversation going or as a fun way to pass the time with friends or loved ones. With 500 questions to choose from, I’m confident that everyone can find plenty of good questions to ask! Try to be creative as you can and have fun with the questions. And don’t forget to ask follow up questions! And if you for whatever reason you need even more than 500 good questions to ask, we have a load of more questions. • • • • • With all that said, let’s get to the questions! GOOD QUESTIONS TO ASK • What weird food combinations do you really enjoy? • What social stigma does society need to get over? • What food have you never eaten but would really like to try? • What’s something you really resent paying for? • What would a world populated by clones of you be like? • Do you think that aliens exist? • What are you currently worried about? • Where are some unusual places you’ve been? • Where do you get your news? • What are some red flags to watch out for in daily life? • What movie can you watch over and over without ever getting tired of? • When you are old, what do you think children will ask you to tell stories about? • If you could switch two movie characters, what switch would lead to the most inappropriate movies? • What inanimate object would be the most annoying if it played loud upbeat music while being used? • When did something start out badly for you but in the end, it was great? • How would your co...

Meeting someone new that you're able to click with easily is so refreshing. The conversation just flows, everything feels easy, and before you know it, hours have passed by. Then, of course, there's the flip side of that where as much as you want to warm up to someone and vice versa, every chat with them feels terribly stiff. And sometimes those interactions are unavoidable. (Think: Your very hard-to-impress mother-in-law.) Luckily, there are a few expert-approved tricks that'll help you get on your conversation A-game. Starting with the "breadth questions" are a great entry point to take any convo from awkward small talk to 5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great. This can include questions about their family, career, et cetera. Additionally, you want to avoid any "yes" or "no" questions and aim for the open-ended ones instead, says Tamekis Williams, LCSW, the founder of Mission Dorothy Female Empowerment Services. "Topics that get at the other person's inner world—their thoughts, goals, and dreams—will strengthen and increase bonding between two people," Orbuch notes. "Sharing personal information strengthens any relationship, and deeper questions focus on that personal self-disclosure." And that goes for both parties, adds Williams. "When initially meeting someone, it's important to be inviting and warm so that the other person can initially feel comfortable talking with you." Still, you want to be mindful of your approach and choose questions that don't...

Noun Can I ask you a personal question? I don't understand the question. Are there any more questions? In answer to your question, our next meeting will be on Friday. The essay questions on the test were easy. There are 10 multiple-choice questions on the exam. The exam included several questions on current events. The question arose as to who would be responsible for caring for our grandmother. I expected him to ask where I worked, but the question never came up. The key question in solving the mystery is, how did the murderer enter the house? Verb The reporter questioned her at length on her life as the First Lady. The witness was questioned by the defense. I could tell that she was questioning my decision. He began to question his ability to do the job. I trusted him and I never questioned what he told me. The lawyer questioned the truth of the witness's statement. He began to question whether the things she had said were really true. See More Noun Next big question: Will Home Depot restock that Hocus Pocus Sanderson sisters inflatable for Halloween this year? — Terri Robertson, Country Living, 8 June 2023 Don’t know what kinds of questions to ask, or even where to start? — Zoë Hecht, Women's Health, 7 June 2023 The blistering piece, in which author Tim Alberta spoke to more than 100 CNN employees, called into serious question Licht’s ability to lead the organization into the future. — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 7 June 2023 At least one outlet has called into question whether t...

Research shows that Dale Carnegie said, “to be interesting, be interested.” When you express interest in other people, they can experience the dopamine rush of talking about themselves while simultaneously bonding with you through self-disclosure. If you want to be Questions to Ask People You Just Met One of the keys to making a • What is your current passion project? • Do you have any hobbies? • How do you like to spend your free time? • What kind of music are you into? • Do you have any pets? • What’s your claim to fame? • Who is one of your favorite celebrity role models? • What is your dream job? • How did you find out about [current place/event]? • If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? • What skill would you like to master? • What do you like to learn about? • What has been the highlight of this past week? • What has been the highlight of your year? • Have you read any intriguing books lately? • What’s your current favorite TV show/movie? • Do you have any nicknames? • What is your favorite place you’ve traveled to? • Where did you grow up? • How long have you lived in [city]? • What is your favorite food? • What is your favorite sport? • Where is your favorite restaurant around here? • How do you take your coffee or tea? • If you could be any type of dog, what breed would you be and why? • What is something you’ve always wanted to learn? • What is your biggest regret? • If you could trade places with anyone for a week, who would it be? • What...

Summary. The opportunity to ask questions at the end of a job interview is one you don’t want to waste. It’s both a chance to continue to prove yourself and to find out whether a position is the right fit for you. In this piece, the author lists sample questions recommended by two career experts and divides them up by category: from how to learn more about your potential boss to how to learn more about a company’s culture. Choose the ones that are more relevant to you, your interests, and the specific job ahead of time. Then write them down — either on a piece of paper or on your phone — and glance at them right before your interview so that they’re fresh in your mind. And, of course, be mindful of the interviewer’s time. If you were scheduled to talk for an hour and they turn to you with five minutes left, choose two or three questions that are most important to you. You will always have more time to ask questions once you have the job offer in hand. “So, do you have any questions for me?” When you reach this point in a job interview — where the interviewer is done with their questions and opens up the floor — you don’t want to be caught off guard. It’s important to have a plan for how you’ll respond, and a list of questions specific to that opportunity. But what types of questions should you actually ask? And are there certain ones to avoid? I turned to two job interview experts for advice: Art Markman, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin and author of Bring...

Summary. Asking questions is a uniquely powerful tool for unlocking value in organizations: It spurs learning and the exchange of ideas, it fuels innovation and performance improvement, it builds rapport and trust among team members. And it can mitigate business risk by uncovering unforeseen pitfalls and hazards. But few executives think of questioning as a skill that can be honed—or consider how their own answers to questions could make conversations more productive. That’s a missed opportunity. The good news is that by asking questions, we naturally improve our emotional intelligence, which in turn makes us better questioners—a virtuous cycle. The authors draw on insights from behavioral science research to explore how the way we frame questions and choose to answer our counterparts can influence the outcome of conversations. They offer guidance for choosing the best type, tone, sequence, and framing of questions and for deciding what and how much information to share to reap the most benefit from our interactions, not just for ourselves but for our organizations. The Problem Some professionals such as litigators, journalists and even doctors, are taught to ask questions as part of their training. But few executives think about questioning as a skill that can be honed. That’s a missed opportunity. The Opportunity Questioning is a powerful tool for unlocking value in companies: It spurs learning and the exchange of ideas, it fuels innovation and better performance, it bui...