Where can I find some examples of how Bill Gates answers interview questions?”
Bill Gates is usually interviewed about technology. Since much technology has changed over the years, his answers will be different from interview to interview. One thing that will stay consistent is when he talks about his background growing up. Here is an excerpt from an interview Bill Gates granted to Smithsonian and David Allen: DA: Were other of your contemporaries equally interested in the business, or did you find yourself unusual among the groups? BG: Well, when I went to Lakeside School, I was about 12 years old. I started there in seventh grade. That was kind of a change for me. It is a private boys’ school. Very strict. At first I really didn’t like the environment. I did eventually find some friends there, some of who had the same sort of interest, like reading business magazines and Fortune. We were always creating funny company names and having people send us their product literature[laughs]. Trying to think about how business worked. And in particular, looking at compute
On the way to LaGuardia to catch a flight to Las Vegas, I got a call from Microsoft’s Larry Cohen about a possible sit down with Bill Gates. I didn’t quite know what to think of it, but I wasn’t going to turn it down. I would ask the hard questions: Does Balmer really eat children? Can I swim in your Money Bin? I didn’t quite muster the balls to ask those, though, and instead acted like I had real questions or something. In fact, as you can see in the picture, he was working me like a puppet. What follows is the very beginning minutes of a conversation we had yesterday about blogging, DRM and copyright, and the future of Windows. When I get back from CES today I hope to transcribe more—and there’s a lot. Gizmodo: Let’s talk about blogs first—if that’s something that interests you at all. Do you read many blogs? Is that something that’s interesting to you yet or do you just get it as it comes to you? Gates: Almost everything that’s being published on the web now has RSS notification on
