“What did you get up to today?” Then ask follow up questions about whatever they answer. You just need somewhere to start and you’ll almost always find out something interesting.
“what do you geek out about?”
“if you could start up any hobby, what would you start doing?”
“when getting dressed and pulling your pants on… fasten zip, or zip fasten?” (if you know. you know.)
It’s tough finding a question inconsequential enough to avoid raising their defenses but meaningful enough to elicit a real, useful response
- “What is your biggest pet peeve that other people do?”
- “How would your friends/coworkers/SO describe you?”
- “What are you excited for?”
“So, you into butt stuff?”
Do you speak English or should we do this in Spanish?
What is your name?
What is your date of birth?
What is your current mailing address?
Phone number?
Email?
What’s your annual net income?
What’s your social security number?
Do you prefer paper or electronic bank statements?