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gettoknowyou.md

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF

You can fill this form out on your own or we can do it together, conversation style. If you prefer to have a conversation then please let me know so we can extend our 1:1

  • What are your pronouns?
  • What's your personality type? (example: I'm an ENPF Take the quiz)
  • What motivates you?
  • What keeps you up at night?
  • What's your learning style? (example: I'm an Auditory-ISFP, but keep in mind that people can be between learning styles or identify with more than one. Don't let it define you. It's simply information Take the quiz)
    • Visual (spatial)
    • Aural (auditory)
    • Verbal (linguistic)
    • Physical (kinesthetic)
    • Logical (mathematical)
    • Social (interpersonal)
    • Solitary (intrapersonal)
  • How do you like to receive feedback?
  • What kinds of problems do you like to solve?
  • How do you like to receive information? (Are you pro meeting or do you prefer more async communication?)
  • What's your preferred method of communication? (email, teams, slack, discord, twitter?)
  • How do you like to be celebrated or recognized?
  • What timezone are you in?
  • Do you have any allergies?
  • What are your meeting preferences?
    • Morning
    • Afternoon
    • No Preference
  • TL;DR (What do you want me to know about you?)

TELL ME HOW YOU WORK

  • How do you prefer to be managed/led?
  • What do you need from me to be successful?
  • What type of working environment do you thrive in?
  • What's your favorite meeting? Why?
  • Who gives you the most helpful feedback? What makes it useful?
  • What worked really well at a previous job? Could we adopt it here?
  • What three words describe the atmosphere at work lately?
  • What's an example of invisible work in your job?
  • What's your blind spot at work?
  • Which aspects of your job do you feel least comfortable with?
  • How often to you want to have 1:1's?
    • Weekly
    • Bi-Weekly
    • Monthly
  • TL;DR (What do you want me to know about how you work?)

TELL ME ABOUT YOUR CAREER ASPIRATIONS

  • What's been your professional highlight of the year?
  • Tell me about a skill you want to strengthen. How can we find opportunities for you to practice it?
  • What do you want to be true about your career in one year?
  • When were you promoted last?
  • Do you want a mentor or sponsor?
  • TL;DR (What do you want me to know about your career aspirations?)

TELL ME ABOUT YOUR WORK/LIFE BALANCE

  • When did you last take time off? When is your next time off scheduled for?
  • What are the signs of burning out for you? What helps you climb out of it?
  • If you had an extra hour per week to invest in a medium term effort, what would you do with the time?
  • What do you do for fun?
  • TL;DR (What do you want me to know about your work/life balance?)

TELL ME HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION’S HEALTH

  • What are we not talking about on in our organization?
  • If you could wave a magic wand and change something about the organization, what would it be?
  • TL;DR (What do you want me to know about the health of our organization?)
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