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Every question here is open to any member. Some were written for FLAPSS. Others were put to a named person on a documented occasion, and carry that occasion with them.
What is the part of your job that people would be surprised is most of your job?
Which book changed the way you think, and what did it change?
What is the thing you are best at that nobody watching can see?
What is something you were told by a parent, teacher, or mentor that you still repeat to yourself?
Whose work makes you jealous?
Tell me about your parents, or whoever raised you. What did they do, and how have they influenced the way you lead today?
Asked of someoneIf you could ask somebody only one question, and had to decide on the spot whether to hire them based on their answer, what would it be?
Asked of someoneWhat is your theory of the game? What are the dynamics that underlie how success actually happens in the field you work in?
Asked of someoneWhat important truth do very few people agree with you on?
Asked of someoneTell us about the time you most successfully hacked some non-computer system to your advantage.
Asked of someoneTell us something surprising or amusing that you have discovered. It need not be related to your work.
Asked of someoneWhat is your responsibility, when you put your name on something, to have checked it thoroughly first? Describe a time you signed off on something you had not checked as well as you should have.
Asked of someone