Underlying Questions and Motivation
If Korean people were the smartest people in the world, how would you prove it?
UQ: opinion, proof, values
Is your school grade(GPA) reflective of your potential?
UQ What does GPA measure does it reflect potential in the areas that it does measure if not all.
If you could be #1 employee but have all your coworkers dislike you or you could be #15 employee and
have all your coworkers like you, which would you choose?
UQ – alone group, boundaries, morals, team worker
How would you cure world hunger?
UQ – How much do you understand about how the world really works v how much do you want it to work?
Room, desk and car – which do you clean first? Why?
UQ – priorities, reflection on school / work space?
Does life fascinate you?
UQ – do you get bored easily? Are you a detail person
How would you get an elephant into a refrigerator?
Work with the impossible q
How many different ways can you get water from a lake at the foot of a mountain, up to the top of the
mountain?
UQ – creativity, smart,
TIME TO SHOW OFF
If you could be a superhero, what power would you possess?
UQ – motivation
What would you do if you were the one survivor in a plane crash?
UQ – what needs to be asked first – incomplete question
for example -where you crashed changes your answer
Motivation – person wants to see your critical thinking and priorities. Jumping in to supplies is a bad move
If you woke up and had 2,000 unread emails and could only answer 300 of them how would you
choose which ones to answer?
UQ – approaching huge task – dive in, plan and strategize, lower work…