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What inspires you?
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Gentry has over 15 years of experience leading in-house agency teams where he has interviewed and hired numerous candidates for design, photography, and video production.
The interviewer asks this question to get a sense of your interests and where you draw inspiration from and bring into your design work.

Gentry has over 15 years of experience leading in-house agency teams where he has interviewed and hired numerous candidates for design, photography, and video production.
The goal of your answer is to connect things that interest or inspire you back to the work you do for a client. You also want to make it clear to the interviewer that there you do get inspired and that you immerse yourself in those inspirations because they directly contribute to you creativity as a designer.

Gentry has over 15 years of experience leading in-house agency teams where he has interviewed and hired numerous candidates for design, photography, and video production.
There is no right or wrong answer to this question. You should be authentic in your answer and make sure you are able to articulate what inspires you and why it inspires you.

Gentry has over 15 years of experience leading in-house agency teams where he has interviewed and hired numerous candidates for design, photography, and video production.
I get a lot of inspiration from nature. I love going on hikes and looking closely at trees, streams, the ground, etc. When you look closely at things in nature, there is such detail and purpose in natural design. I take that inspiration and use it in my design work. I try to be thoughtful and purposeful in the design choices I make. Good design should be organic just like nature.

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