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Refer to this page often for hints and suggestions on how to get
the most out of Simi Speed Dates!
What do you ask during your 5 minute speed date?
Below is a list of questions. Pick 5 or 6 that are important to you. Remember, you
only have a few minutes.
- Tell me about your family.
- Have you ever been married?
- Do you have children? Ages? Do they live with you?
- Where are you from?
- Tell me about your work. What do you like about your job?
- Where do you see yourself in 2 years?
- Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
- What are the 3 most important things I should know about you?
- What do you like to do for fun?
- Do you have pets?
- Where did you go to school/college?
- Are you a religious individual? Where do you go to church/synagogue?
- What is your favorite travel destination and why? Where do you like to travel?
- What are the most proud moments of your life?
- What makes you happy? What brings joy to your life?
- What do you cherish the most in life?
- What do you do for exercise?
- What kind of restaurants do you like?
- What are your favorite indoor activities?
- What are your favorite outdoor activities?
- What do you do on a typical Saturday or Sunday?
- Have you ever had a life changing experience?
- What was the most embarassing moment of your life?
- If you had 3 wishes, what would they be?
- What is your most prized material possession?
- What was the single greatest day of your life?
- What was your favorite subject in school? Why?
- What is a significant memory from childhood?
- What single political or social issue is most important to you?
- Do you believe in reincarnation?
- What do you wish your parents would have told you?
- What book are you reading now? Last book read?
- What was the most recent movie you saw?
- What is your favorite movie of all time?
- Favorite song of all time?
- What person has most influenced you in your life and why?
- Who is your hero (anyone in history or in your life) and why?
- Who is the most interesting person you have ever met and why?
After the Speed Dates Event
1. You will be provided the first names, phone numbers (if provided) and email
addresses (if provided) of people who marked you a 'yes.' After you receive your
matches, narrow down the ones in which you are really interested. Then you should
email or call each match if you would like to see him/her again. If you are female,
email is a good ice breaker to let him know you would like to meet again, especially
if the guy is shy.
2. Go through the list of matches and your "notes." If you haven't had dates in
a while or haven't had much dating experience, you may feel like you won the jackpot.
Start getting real and narrow your matches (particularly if you are on a budget and
will be paying for the dates). Unless you meet every match for coffee or ice cream you
can easily invest another $150-$200 in drinks and lunches beyond what you paid to
attend the speed dating event. If you meet each one for dinner you are looking at
$40-$100 for dinner. This adds up. As you go through this process remember that you
met the person for about 5 minutes. They are a total stranger and you know little
about them, other than you like the way they look and their personality.
3. Wait no more than 3 days after you receive your matches to make the initial
contact. If neither of you has contacted the other beyond that period of time,
don't assume the other person is just busy. They probably have put other matches
before you or did their own narrowing and decided you aren't really a "match." Don't
take it personally. Remember, you were just meeting people for a few minutes.
Many people will mark someone down as a "yes" when they are really "unsure," think
about it later and change their minds.
4. Be careful about giving up your personal information such as work email and
phone numbers. Remember, even if the person is nice at first glance, they are a
stranger, not a friend. If you are female, you may not want to give out your phone
number until after you met for coffee first.
5. If none of your matches work out after the first event, then try coming to
another one of our events.
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