Over the past week, I’ve been involved in the interview process for my replacement. Its a tough process – on one hand, I want my replacement to have different things to offer to my organization than I do. On the other hand, I want my replacement to be my mini-me.
I am very conflicted.
I’ve tried to keep my interviews interesting. Our interview process is fairly extensive and I don’t want to be remembered as the boring person. I want to have interesting questions and an enjoyable conversation.
My favorite interview question to ask is “If money was not an issue, what would you do with your life?”.
For me, this is the easiest question to answer. And a great opportunity to showcase my passions.
For my potential replacement, I was hoping to hear excitment and passion. I expected to hear about their hobbies or their dream job.
Instead, I heard confusion.
I heard an individual tell me that they only knew what they would want to do for about a week.
Another individual told me that they would travel. They knew the first two countries that they would go to but wasn’t sure after that.
Another individual told me they had no idea.
I know what I would do.
I would start a contracting business with my husband where I could make people’s lives better one house at a time. I would spend time recording all of my grandparents stories so I could share them with my children. And my children’s children. I would build a studio in my house and create beautiful things. And when I was too tired to do anything else, I would find a beautiful beach and an amazing book and I would be still.
Know what you would do in an ideal world. And be excited about it. If you would want to be a stay at home mom or dad, say so! But tell me why you would want to do that. Tell me about your excitement for your family, your fascination with small children, your desire to make the world a better place. If you would want to work at Disney as an actor, tell me. Tell me why you always dreamed of working in an amusement park or your secret love of a Disney cartoon. If you always dreamed of being a lawyer or a doctor or a teacher, speak up.
Have a passion. I don’t care if that passion has anything to do with the industry or the job or your past experience. I just want to see that you can be excited, that there is a spark in your life.
So let me throw the question out to you: If money was not an issue, what would you do with your life? And is that what you are doing now?
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