How to Salvage Awkward Social Situations by Understanding Conversation Styles

Are you an “Interviewer” or a “Volunteer”?

McKinley Valentine
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8 min readNov 16, 2020

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An Interviewer and a Volunteer having an awkward conversation over coffee
Photo by Joshua Ness on Unsplash

There are two kinds of conversationalists. I call them ‘Interviewers’ and ‘Volunteers’.

Everyone knows about Interviewers. All networking and dating advice is pitched at pleasing Interviewers. These are people who like to be asked lots of…

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McKinley Valentine
P.S. I Love You

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