1. Intro - how are you feeling today?
Are you comfortable sharing your personal
feelings with me?
2. What's your morning routine before heading to work?
FQ:
- (Question: if they have a very particular routine) If you don't feel like
following the routine, what do you do instead?
- How many times a month do you think you break your routine?
- What do you do to fix that mood, so you can get back into your routine?
3. How could you create more balance in your life?
4. Are there any particular activities you do in order to maintain this balance? Such
as yoga, meditation, cycling, swimming sports, any recreational activities?
5. What usually triggers you, or makes you angry?
- during work?
- In life?
6. Do you usually let people know if you are angry or just bottle it up?
- (if no) Do you discuss with your family?
- colleagues/friends?
- Do you think being vocal about it would help and you don't do it because
you are shy about it?
7. How did you deal with a bad day? (follow up question)
- Who helped you deal with it?
- How did you feel when someone helped?
- How did you feel when it was finally over?
- Did this experience help you in dealing with bad days in the future?
8. Tell me about a time when your mood altered your performance during work
(positively or negatively).
- How did you feel when you finally got through your bad mood?
9. What is your first reaction / instinct when someone offers to help?
- Are you hesitant about taking help from others?
- If not, are you comfortable with strangers helping you out, or do you prefer
taking help from your friends/known people?
10. What's your definition of fun?
- Details about fun
11. How do you feel about vacations?
- Do you think it is a fun way to deal with bottled up stress from work/daily
life?
- Have you ever used it as a way to escape reality and take a break from
EVERYTHING?
12. How many vacations do you take in a year?
- Best vacation ever?
- Who was with you?
- Who do you prefer taking vacations with - family or friends?
13. Who has been your greatest influence/inspiration?
14. When you started working in your current company, Was that your interest or you
went because of hype or money?
15. If it was about passion for that work, have you ever thought of starting your own
firm/venture?
- If yes, What would that firm be about?
- What things would you do differently from your current company?
- If you started a company today, what would its top values be?
- Would you prefer putting more focus on emotional intelligence in this new
venture?