• BradleyUffner@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    3 days ago

    Be careful with that one. If you do it wrong it can feel like an interrogation. That line can be hard to find for some people.

    • NABDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      WHAT WERE YOU DOING ON THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2023?!?!?

      What, come on, I was just trying to make conversation!

    • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      Good advice. I think the trick is to keep the questions open-ended and somehow related. A series of simple factual questions feels like an interrogation.

      • bss03@infosec.pubEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        You can also take a beat or two after every other question to see if they want to redirect the conversation, maybe even to a question about you.

    • zaphod@sopuli.xyz
      2·
      3 days ago

      Yes, it feels like an interrogation when I do that, because they never ask anything back.