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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Possible Interview Questions for Coming of Age Monologue

1. What are the most important moments in your childhood? How did they impact your life?
2. How has your socio-economic situation changed throughout your life? How did it affect you?
3. What is a memory of your childhood that you just cannot forget, one that might haunt you or one that brings you joy?
4. What is something you used to fear? How, if at all, did you overcome it?
5. What was your education like? How did your experiences differ between schools? What did you like/dislike about it?
6. How did your parents affect your childhood and teenage life?
7. What is the most foolish thing you did and why? What did you learn from it?
8. What are the biggest mistakes you made? What did you learn from them?
9. What were your dreams, goals, and ambitions? How do they compare to now?
10. What is your advice on succeeding in life? In what ways have you and have you not succeeded?
11. What is an important coming of age experience that made you feel more adult? OR
What's something that made you realize you weren't a little kid anymore?
12. What were your best experiences as a young adult?
13. What was your family life life? How did it shape you?



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