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?
Can you supply a personal website or social media profile?
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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?
I’m curious, also looking for new friends who live in Manhattan and might share the same interests.
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?
I do not
It's Saturday morning! What time are you up and what do you want to do with the day?
6:30am-7am I walk the dog. Have coffee spend time with my wife and child and then ideally spend time in nyc enjoying how much fun and strange it can be
Have you ever had an existential crisis? How did it come about and what was your ultimate takeaway from it?
No
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?
English Premier League Soccer, and the promotion: regulation system for that league. I might, I never want to make people run away from a conversation or be put off so if there’s interest then yes I would.
What do you think about feminism? How did you come to that conclusion?
I think it’s important and revenant and is needed to be taught more in schools. Raising a young daughter and seeing how early male/female roles and basis start it was a eye opener
If there was an alternate reality in which you had a debilitating, life-altering addiction, what would you be addicted to?
Club Orange orange soda. The best orange soda in the world
What are your dreams?
To live a happy life and enjoy my time
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?
You can certainly try but I do believe it is a drop in the bucket
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.
Honestly is what defines a loss of a friendship and the main reason I’m still friends with a good friend now. Calling someone out means being honest and sometimes that does not work
Cheers