12 working style questions

For corporate

  1. 1

    What does a genuinely good day at work look like for you?

  2. 2

    When are you at your sharpest during the day?

  3. 3

    What kind of task drains you, even when you are good at it?

  4. 4

    How do you like to be supported when you are stuck?

  5. 5

    Do you think better by talking it through or by writing it down?

  6. 6

    How do you prefer to start a meeting?

    • Straight into the agenda
    • Two minutes of small talk
    • A quick round of updates
    • Depends entirely on the meeting
  7. 7

    What part of your job do you do well only because you are afraid of what happens if you do not?

  8. 8

    What does this team not know about how you actually get your best work done?

  9. 9

    If the team could see how you spend a full day, what would surprise them?

  10. 10

    What is your most productive hour of the day?

    • Before 9
    • Mid morning
    • After lunch
    • Late afternoon
    • After everyone has gone home
  11. 11

    What kind of task do you put off longest?

  12. 12

    Do you think best out loud or in silence, and does the team know?

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