Interview Questions continued

 Looking Ahead

• How do you view your own future?
• Are you strictly short-term oriented at this point in your life or do you still have ambitions and expectations for the future?  What concerns do you have about the future of our country and the world?

 Advice For Younger Generations

• What advice do you have for today’s young people?
• How can today’s young people sort out the avalanche of information that constantly bombards them?
• If you could have a personal conversation with people like the President of the United States, a prominent political or world leader, what would you tell them?
• What are the most important lessons you have learned about life?
• Do you have any observations about getting along with other

 Leaving A Legacy

• What sort of legacy are you leaving to your children? (Define legacy any way you wish).
• Is leaving a legacy important to you?  Why?
• Are you obligated in any way to leave an inheritance to your children or others?
• Have you done anything about leaving a non-monetary legacy to your children and grandchildren?  If so, what have you done?  If not, why not?  Would you like to?

 Growing Old

• What’s the hardest thing about growing old?
• How do you see yourself now?  As elderly or?
• What are the positive aspects of growing old?

 Pet Peeves

• What are your pet peeves?
• Tell us about the things that bother you the most?  About people, politics, society, you name it!

 Giving Thanks

• What people, experiences or circumstances in your life are you particularly thankful for?
• Have you demonstrated your thanks to them?  If so, how?

 Other Observations

• Do you feel you have any prejudices or biases – about people or the way others do things?
• How have they affected your life?
• Do you think growing up was difficult when you were young?
• How do you think life when you were young compares to the lives of young people today?
• What is your opinion of politics in our society today?  Is “politics” the same today as it was when you were young?

 Appendix - Personal History

• How old are you?
• Give us a little background about your personal history.
• Are you married, divorced, widowed, how many children, any grandchildren, where were you born and raised, what about your parents, etc.?
• Where were you raised?
• What about your parents?
• What sort of childhood did you have?
• What kind of education did you have?  (High School, College, Professional School, etc.)
• What kind of work did you do?
• Have you ever served in the military? When, where?
• Did you have any unusual experiences in the service that affected you later in life?
• Looking back on your military experience, did you learn anything that stands out in your mind or that you believe affected the way you conducted yourself later in life?