?? Interviewing Your Future Boss? Ask These 6 Revealing Questions First

Hey friends,

Knowing that my wife is in South Korea, a friend contacted our WA group asking her for help buying a new brand of toothpaste. This is only available there and is trending on XiaoHongShu.

I was tempted to tell my wife to buy one more so I could try it out, too, but I somewhat stopped myself.

Having fallen for one too many over-rated products that influencers are shilling, there is a high chance this is one of those.

Unfortunately, we are wired to chase after the new and the fresh. But often, these fads don't age well, which is why there is always a new diet every summer.

Like Tim Ferriss's approach to books, he suggests we should only read old books because those have stood the test of time.

Anything else is just another fad that evaporates due to lack of substance.

I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.— Madonna

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???Interviewing Your Future Boss? Ask These 6 Revealing Questions First

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?? Interviewing Your Future Boss? Ask These 6 Revealing Questions First

As job seekers, we’ve all grown accustomed to the rigorous vetting process companies put us through.

From comprehensive application forms to gruelling panel interviews, we practically bend backwards to prove our worth.

But when it comes to the person who will be managing us day-to-day – the one holding the keys to our career growth and happiness – how much effort do we put in?

According to Gallup, people quit managers, not companies. And yet, we often make this critical decision based on a mere 30-minute interview. No wonder the “great resignation” is/was in full swing!

Let’s be honest – shouldn’t we treat this relationship with the same care and consideration as we do in our marriages?

Leverage May Be Skewed, But You Can Still Uncover the Insights You Need

I know what you’re thinking – “But Adrian, they’re the ones signing my paycheck, not the other way around. How can I possibly put them through the same wringer?”

You make a fair point. The traditional power dynamics of the employee-employer relationship certainly don’t lend themselves to a perfectly symmetrical vetting process. It’s not like you can demand your potential boss fill out a comprehensive questionnaire or do a presentation for your spouse and parents.

However, you can still resign to accept whoever the company deems fit to manage you unquestioningly. There are still ways to uncover critical insights about your future boss, even if the process could be more equitable.

The key lies in your interview questions…

From Fluff to Substance: Asking Questions That Reveal Their True Colors

Through my experience conducting countless interviews during my recruitment days and the hundreds of hours interviewing guests on different podcasts, I’ve learned that the quality of the questions you ask can make all the difference.

Good questions yield good answers, but great questions? They have the power to unlock transformative insights.

Too often, we fall back on the standard, surface-level queries – “What’s your management style?” “How do you handle conflict?” While these may provide some basic information, they’re ultimately just time-fillers that fail to reveal who this person truly is at their core.

Instead, I encourage you to take a page from Tim Ferriss’ playbook and ask questions that throw your potential boss off-script. Questions that force them to tap into their “inner compass” rather than a rehearsed response.

Here are some questions to consider and the purpose behind each of them...

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The Happiness Formula: Retrain Your Brain to Be Happy with Mo Gawdat

This episode has no Tony Robbins. The main speaker is Mo Gawdat. He is known as the former Chief Business Officer at Google X and the author of the international best-seller "Solve for Happy:?Engineer Your Path to Joy"

The book came from his gut-wrenching experience after losing his son Ali in 2014 due to a series of botched surgeries.

I have read the book twice and still find immense wisdom in his appearance on the Tony Robbins podcast.

Specifically, I resumed meditation and am on a day 6 streak.

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