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Interview Intake

Generational Rift Study
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First 60 seconds: capture the numbers (so this merges with the poll)

Importance: how important is each for succeeding at work today? (1 Not important, 5 Essential)

Readiness on each element

Pick a cohort above and this adapts.

Q1 • Warm up

What is the first way you notice new employees approaching work differently?

Probe: where do you think that comes from?

Q2 • The story (capture verbatim)

One moment where a new employee's expectations and a manager's expectations did not line up, in either direction. What happened, how did it resolve?

Q3 • Their ranking, then the contrast

Which of the six matters MOST for success today, and which LEAST? Then: why might someone just starting their career rank them differently?

Q4 • Least ready / most underrated

Which of the six is the group least prepared for, and which are they actually better at than people assume?

Q5 • Advice vs reality

Where does standard career-center advice diverge most from what actually happens on the job?

Adapts to the cohort selected above.

Q6 • What actually works (closer, protect 8+ min)

There is no magic pill, but what actually works to close this gap? Walk me through it.

Probes if time: CHANGE (own expectations) • TRAIN (what career centers teach earlier) • ACCOMMODATE (where each side flexes). Also if time: is it generational or experience/market/AI? Where do both sides think they agree but do not?

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