“Was there a piece of work — an idea, a process, a product, a way of doing things — that outlived you in the place you did it?”

“What did retirement, semi-retirement, or stopping look like — when, why, and how did you handle the first year?”

“Tell me about a time you were unemployed, between jobs, or seriously broke.”

“What's a question someone newer to your line of work has asked you, that made you think harder than you expected to?”