• What is a problem that has been troubling you recently?
  • ”Tell me about your research”
  • What is something that went amazingly well recently?
  • What hobbies are you pursuing recently. How are these going?
  • What are you looking forward to doing?
  • Are there any projects you really wish you could work on right now but aren’t?
  • Tell me your life story.
  • Tell me about your family.
    • Note, for this you need to be more specific than this.
    • e.g., tell me about your cousin X.
  • What are your similarities and differences to person X?
  • How similar would people say you are to your parents? Are they correct?
  • Tell me about your name.