The bank
Most questions are open to any member. The 2026 candidate set is reserved for verified federal candidates. Questions borrowed from a documented occasion carry that context with them.
What is the book you have given most as a gift, and why?
What purchase of $100 or less has most positively impacted your life in the last six months?
How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Do you have a favourite failure?
If you could have a gigantic billboard anywhere, what would it say and why?
What is one of the best or most worthwhile investments you have ever made — of money, time, or energy?
What is an unusual habit or an absurd thing that you love?
In the last five years, what new belief, behaviour, or habit has most improved your life?
What advice would you give your twenty-year-old self, and what should they ignore?
What are bad recommendations you hear in your profession or area of expertise?
In the last five years, what have you become better at saying no to?
What does the first sixty minutes of your day look like?
When you feel overwhelmed or unfocused, what do you do?
What small daily thing do you do that most people would consider a waste of time?
What is the worst advice you received that you followed anyway?
What is your favourite documentary, and what did it change for you?
What is the most overrated virtue?
What is something everyone in your world agrees about that you think is wrong?
What is the hardest thing that has happened to you, and what did you carry out of it?
What are you unwilling to optimise?
What made you decide to stop something you were known for, and how did you know it was time?