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What is the part of your job that people would be surprised is most of your job?

Which book changed the way you think, and what did it change?

What is the thing you are best at that nobody watching can see?

What is something you were told by a parent, teacher, or mentor that you still repeat to yourself?

Whose work makes you jealous?

Which teacher, parent, coach or friend most made you who you are, and what did you learn from them?

Tell me about your parents, or whoever raised you. What did they do, and how have they influenced the way you lead today?

If you could ask somebody only one question, and had to decide on the spot whether to hire them based on their answer, what would it be?

What is your theory of the game? What are the dynamics that underlie how success actually happens in the field you work in?

What important truth do very few people agree with you on?

Tell us about the time you most successfully hacked some non-computer system to your advantage.

Tell us something surprising or amusing that you have discovered. It need not be related to your work.

What is your responsibility, when you put your name on something, to have checked it thoroughly first? Describe a time you signed off on something you had not checked as well as you should have.

What is your strongest reason for seeking this office now?

Which past decision best demonstrates how you respond when your judgment proves wrong?

What single federal outcome would be your highest legislative priority during your first two years?

What limit should Congress enforce most firmly on a president of your own party?

What should federal debt held by the public equal as a percentage of GDP ten years from now?

What measurable change in health-care affordability should Congress achieve by the end of 2028?

What should be Congress’s primary goal for U.S. energy policy through 2030?