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Discussion on: 🌱 How to ask the right questions?

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Jeremy Friesen

A great question/non-question is "Tell me more about that!" This is a means of encouraging the speaker to dig a little deeper; and may begin leading to more natural questions.

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Hung Vu

Great point! I also use this as an one trick to continue the flow of conversation. If I don't have a plan before hand, then this is a passive/natural way to create questions.

That said, I'm still learning to become more active in a discussion. Let's say I'm going to meet a client to discuss product feature, or going to a job interview and trying to learn more about the company, how should I ask the questions?

I believe there is no one-way-fit-all solution (e.g., you cannot always ask the same question), but I wonder if there exists some sort of framework, or mindset that helps me approach these situations (like STAR interview method).