I’ve just been asked by a friend what question he might ask in an interview. A few days earlier i was asked the kinds of question someone might be asked in an interview at Oxbridge. Here are a few shots for both situations (probably less so for the job interview, but I like the idea of turning the tables and interviewing them).

• Do you think you are smart?
• What’s the worst question I could ask you?
• What failure are you most proud of?
• What’s more important; intelligence, ambition or luck?
• What are you good at?
• What are you curious about?
• What have you been wrong about?
• What are the limits to your compassion?
• What do you regret the most?
• What is influence?
• What is courage?
• What is the purpose of life?
• What is the purpose of death?
• How is your reality different to mine?
• What would you remove from a burning house?
• If you met an alien what’s the first question you would ask?
• What did you learn last year?
• What are you sure about?
• What are you unsure about?
• Tell me what I’m wrong about.