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Would you report a too-large paycheck?

What do you do at your home desk?

How far would you go to get a job you desperately needed?

Should employers be able to cite diversity as the reason for who will be laid off from a job?

Have you ever had a secretary?

If you had the option to never work again, would you take it?

What do people at your job grumble about most?

In what field of endeavor would you like a two-hour crash course?

Do you enjoy what you do at work?

Would you ever work for your significant other as a subordinate?

What methods would solve the unemployment issue?

Do you know how to properly format a letter?

What do you do when asked to work overtime?

What companies and/or institutions have you worked for?

What is your main opinion of job sharing and other parent-oriented benefits?

What should companies provide for childcare benefits?

What would your ideal job or career be?

How much is your personal identity and self-worth determined by your job and your success at it?

What would you like to be when you grow up?

What was the most unpleasant job you ever had to do?

Do you work on weekends, on vacation?

Have you ever worked at a resort or in a resort area?

Are you a glutton for overwork?

If you were financially independent, would you continue to work?

Are you a better talker or listener?

Talk about responsibility.

How much time per day do you devote to yourself?

Are you practical or ingenious?

How forgetful are you?

Would you put off having kids for a career?

Have you ever given advice when you really did not know what you were talking about?

How do you handle compliments?

Are you nimble with your hands?

Where do you want to be in five years?

Have you ever been fired or laid off?

If you did not have to worry about making a living, what would you most like to do for the rest of your life?

What are three things you would most like to accomplish in the next year?

Were you ever given real help and encouragement in finding out what you wanted to do?

Do you ever daydream about future events? How often?

What are the best and worst business decisions you ever made and how did they affect your life?

Career or custody of child: should women have to choose?

How do you feel about your schedule?

When did you begin using a computer and why?

Which forms of affirmative action make sense in fields that have typically excluded women in the past?

Would you leave your job if your significant other got relocated?

What obligations should you eliminate or say “no” to?

Do you think it is better or worse when management and rank and file mix?

What is your feeling about changing jobs?

Would you want the security of staying at the same company all your life?

Are you a relentless worker?

Have you been paid fairly at jobs throughout your life?

Who would you fire: poor performer/great person or good performer/disliked person?

Should recruitment of women be encouraged in engineering, law enforcement, construction, etc.?

Would you feel more loyalty to a union or your employer?

If you had a choice, would you work at home or commute?

What management fads have driven you crazy?

Is it easy or hard to adapt your behavior to the company you are in?

Is the government adequately regulating business mergers?

Has fear of sexual harassment lawsuits affected your office?

What would motivate you to work seven days a week, twelve hours a day for a month on an important project?

Have you ever wanted your boss’s job?

Are you scared of people in authority?

What business ideas are in your thoughts presently?

What contracts have you signed?

What makes you nervous at work?

What do you think about the virtual workplace?

Who was the most difficult boss you had to deal with?

Do you believe a person is defined by what he or she does for a living? Why?

Have you ever invented an item on your résumé?

What intangible benefit makes your work worthwhile?

Do you take initiative or just do what you are told?

What would you do if a lie detector test was required for a job?

What honor would you like to attain at work?

Do you confuse yourself with your job?

What is the harshest job advice you received?

DO YOU …

… agree or disagree that it is important to have a good hard failure when you are young?

… take more or fewer sick days from work than most people?

… take shortcuts to get your work done fast?

… define yourself by your job or other things?

… socialize with coworkers?

… feel confused if you are interrupted while working?

… call yourself ambitious?

… worry that you will lose a job?

What should be businesses’ commitment to their workers and communities?

Are you instinctively good at business matters?

Do you stay later at work than intended?

Do you live and work in the same town?

What things do you like about your work?

What interests do you share with your coworkers?

Do you meet or miss deadlines?

What do you think about the difficulty of applying for a grant?

Do women still need affirmative action?

Have you ever lied to get a job?

What motivates you most to go to work each day?

What would your company be like if you had never worked there?

What job would you most or least like to have during the holiday season?

Would you leave your job to pursue a singing career?

If you were alive 150 years ago, what job would you have had?

What is the best word to describe your current work situation?

How much is your work disrupted with e-mail and other electronic interruptions?

What do you enjoy doing, even consider fun, that most others regard as hard work?

Do you prefer a career or a job?

How much energy have you spent in finding your calling?

Do you think people would be surprised about your thoughts?

Does your work define your identity, or is it defined by family role and personal interests?

Have you ever had a mentor?

Have you ever been a mentor?

What would make your life easier?

When discussing your career with others, do you tend to exaggerate, understate, or be factual?

What was the most creative or exciting place you worked?

What company had the best lunchroom at a workplace?

What invention would make your job much easier and more productive?

What were the most challenging working conditions you experienced?

Have you ever made personal phone calls from work?

Do you consider your work an escape from the pressures of home?

What is your leadership style?

How has the Internet affected your profession or your job?

What coworkers have you particularly liked or were memorable?

When you look at someone who is hugely successful, do you think of him or her as a lucky person who was in the right place at the right time?

Do employees without kids work harder?

Are you jealous of people who have experienced more career success than you?

Do you have any advice on choosing a career?

Were you encouraged to explore all your talents and interests no matter how often they changed?

Do you get excited when talking about your work?

Do you eat lunch at your desk?

Describe your best-paying job.

What is the most important work skill to have?

If you came up with a brilliant idea, who or what might prevent you from implementing it?

What work wraps you up and carries you away? Do you achieve flow?