Level Up resource by Jason P. Yoong

Level Up Networking Question Bank

Sharper questions for warmer conversations and more useful networking. A free, living resource for anyone.

"If you want confusion and heartache, ask vague questions. If you want uncommon clarity and results, ask uncommonly clear questions." Tim Ferriss

Find the right question for the room.

Career conversations
Casual ice breakers
Leader-first team prompts
FAST networking rounds

Built for busy people who still want real connection.

I use these prompts when I run networking events for the Level Up Community. The goal is simple: make it easy to ask sharper questions, help people share useful context quickly, and create follow-up conversations that actually matter.

0 prompts

2 x 15 FAST rounds

3 people per room

Question finder

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Use list view when you want to scan everything. Switch to cards when you want one question to stand out in a live session.

For executives, managers, and hosts

Leaders Go First.

The fastest way to create trust is for the person with the most authority to model the depth first. Share one answer with warmth, then invite the group in.

History

Where do you come from?

Hero

Who do you look up to?

Heartbreak

What is your greatest heartbreak?

Hope

What is your greatest hope?

FAST virtual networking

Speed, structure, and substance for people with full calendars.

FAST is not an acronym. It is the promise: concise rooms, clear prompts, and no dead air. Two rounds are enough to meet useful people without turning networking into another sprawling meeting.

Before

Set the expectation.

Tell people they will join groups of three, move quickly, and answer with enough specificity that others can help.

Round 1 - 15 min

Start with useful context.

Each person gets under one minute for who they are, what they do, one thing they can help with (superpower), and one thing they need help with in the next 90 days.

Round 1 prompts

Use a ice breaker prompt and a career prompt.

Choose one ice breaker question and one career question.

Round 2 - 15 min

Change the room and go deeper (with different people)

Repeat the quick intro. Choose one ice breaker question and one career question.

Make follow-up obvious.

Invite people to message one person they met with a specific offer, ask, or next conversation.

Question sources

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