Preliminary Questions
Do you live within a thirty-minute radius/are you comfortable commuting to Murray Hill or elsewhere in Manhattan to hang out with me?
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Are you crazy?
Once I review your application, I will reach out to have a more formal, sit-down interview to be my friend in Manhattan. This interview will be videotaped and I will be posting the footage on social media. Are you able to report to Manhattan and spend at least an hour for the interview?
Open Questions
Why are you filling out this questionnaire?
Because I need friends
How many "close friends" (by close friends I mean people that you see more than twice a month if they live in the tri-state area or if they are a long-distance friend that you speak with at least twice a month) do you have?
3
Do you listen to Billie Eilish? If so, why?
Not really
It's Saturday morning! What time are you up and what do you want to do with the day?
I’m up by 7, start the day by walking my dog. I want to get a short workout in before doing something cool with my day like going to a museum I’ve never been to before, eating somewhere I’ve wanted to try or doing an activity like a concert or movie solo.
Have you ever had an existential crisis? How did it come about and what was your ultimate takeaway from it?
Frequently. Daily. Realizing I’m a human by staring in the mirror when I was 12. Thinking is this all there is? And this isn’t even that great.
You are at a party and a topic comes up that you could go on and on and on about that nobody else knows anything about. What is the topic and would you talk about it or not talk about it?
Working at a fitness startup. And no, nobody wants to hear about it.
What do you think about feminism? How did you come to that conclusion?
Just makes sense. Has always made sense.
If there was an alternate reality in which you had a debilitating, life-altering addiction, what would you be addicted to?
Cheese.
What are your dreams?
To see my full length play performed. To one day be happy and fulfilled by my life and what I’ve done with it.
Do you believe in ethical consumerism or is it a drop in a giant well that has already been dug by multinational corporations so it doesn't matter?
I think a bit of both. But I try to air on the side of ethical.
Multiple-Choice Questions
What qualities are most important to you in a friend
What is the worst thing on this list
Work is:
Which poet's writing do you most connect with?
Do you feel like you've lived one life or lots of lives?
How do you feel about answering all these questions:
Aristotle once said; "my friends, there are no friends." How do you feel about that:
Essay Question
Please describe a friend breakup you have gone through. If you haven't gone through a friend breakup, please explain why you think you have never gone through a friend breakup. Outline a major friendship in your life and explain why it is successful.
I went through a friend break up with someone I’d been friends with since 2nd grade. I’m 31 now. We just broke up this year when all the little comments over all the years of being put down by her finally tore away at me and this year when she made one that was truly insensitive and hurtful, I stood up for myself and haven’t spoken to her sense.