How do you spend your free time?
This question is an icebreaker to get you out of interview mode. Asking a more informal question will more likely result in a sincere answer. This could reveal a lot about you, from how professional you are to how strategic your answer is, which could inform them of how well you would build relationships with RSM's clients. So try to make yourself relatable while maintaining a certain degree of professionalism. Remember, they will only consider hiring those who would uphold RSM's reputation.
Cappfinity's unique strengths-based methodology will use questions such as these to establish when you are sincere and true to yourself. Their methodology will then contrast what it may perceive as your genuine personality against your more reserved and performative answers. So try to maintain a friendly, consistent demeanor while embodying the RSM culture.
Here are some tips Cappfinity offers for answering questions such as these. "What do your friends and family know you for? How would they describe you to somebody who has never met you? What do you truly enjoy doing, and what are you like at your best? What achievements are you most proud of, and how did you achieve these? What activities (inside and outside of a professional environment) stay on your to-do list for a long time? What is it about these activities that you do not enjoy?"
"I like to listen to music and establish harmony. Whether that means cleaning my house, spending time with my spouse and my kids, getting to that project I've been meaning to prioritize, or doing nothing but listening to music and centering myself. I just like to relax, take things at my own pace, and keep everything harmonious. Music helps me do that and helps make it fun and something to be looked forward to."
