Good Speed Dating Questions

By Lynsey Carratt
Lynsey Carratt

Lynsey Carratt ran a speed dating business for 3 years and knows the industry inside and out. She has put together information packs about speed dating and dating in general for clients. Dating in London is a massive industry because so many young professionals who are working hard don't have time to meet other people; it's a completely different market than anywhere else in the UK. Many people find speed dating daunting, and here Lynsey talks about how to speed date.

Having good speed dating questions means planning unique questions that open potential dates up and allow you to see their personalities. Succeed at speed dating by asking serious, unique questions with the advice of a dating-business owner in this free video on speed dating.

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Now I'm going to tell you about good speed dating questions to ask when you attend to the speed dating night. Obviously you're meeting a lot of people in a speed date night in a long period of time. And you want to stand out, you want to think I remembered her, I remembered her, I remembered him. So the best way to do that is to ask unique questions. There's nothing worse on a speed dating night than saying hi, how old are you, what do you do for a living, where do you come from, what do you do, what are your hobbies. If you ask the same questions time in and time out after everyone they meet, they're not going to remember you. They'll just - but if you're unique with your questioning, and ask them unique questions, that you're going to stand out and they're going to remember you and they're going to write down and think, that girl, that man, he asked me something completely different. It's being unique with your questioning. Here are a few examples of questions that you might like to ask at a speed dating event. The serious ones are, what are you most proud of in your life? And I know it sounds a bit like a job interview, but where do you see yourself in five years? It gives people an opportunity to think about the questions you're asking them. So they're the serious questions. And here is the complete looney questions, aliens are founded on your home planet and they select you to visit them, do you go with them? I mean that's completely insane, or were you punk or mod, a rocker, or soul diva, or did you follow any other trend? As if they care about that! And what not to ask. Don't ask where they live, leave that to a little bit later on if you get to meet with them again, and it's not really original either, because it's kind - because people would ask where do you live anyway, it's probably not a good idea - you can tell them where you're from, but not actually where you live. And, avoid kind of sensitive issues, when it comes to weight, marriage, divorce and things like that. Just stick to the serious questions and make them think and be unique, and that's how to ask speed dating questions.