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- What jobs did you have as a young adult or adult? How long did you hold each of them?
- How did your responsibilities change as you gained more experience in the workplace? Did your salary change too?
- Did you become close friends with any people at work? Whom? Did you spend time with them outside of work?
- Did you ever work with an "office clown"? What did this person do? Was it a good way to keep the tension level down?
- Was anyone at any of your jobs a mentor to you? What did you learn from them? Why did you look up to them?
- Which job did you like the least and which the most? Why? What about your bosses?
- Did you ever have any disappointments in the workplace? Were there any projects that failed? Were you passed up for any promotions? What did you learn from these experiences?
- What were the most rewarding aspects of your jobs? Did you make a difference in some way? What accomplishments were you proud of?
- Did you ever change your line of work? If yes, what made you decide to switch? Were the job opportunities better? What about the pay?
- Did you ever take a significant amount of time off of work? Why? Were you ill? Did you travel? Did this affect your employment?
- Were you ever fired or laid off from a job? If yes, what caused it? Were you glad to be rid of the job or not? Did the loss of your job cause monetary problems?
- Did you do a lot of traveling because of your job? How much time did you spend away from home? Did this cause family problems? Where did you go? Did you have time to sightsee? Describe some of your experiences.
- Did you ever receive an award or special recognition for your job performance? What was it for?
- Did you ever have to relocate because of your job? If so, how far did you have to go? What was your new home like? Did it cause any problems for your family or was it an exciting change?
- How did the workplace change after you first started out? Did the ratio of females to males change? What kinds of machines or procedures went by the wayside? Were any of these changes for the better?
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