Questions to not ask during an initial conversation.

I will be adding and changing this blog post.

Don't ask:
What does your name mean?
What's your name?
What city are you from? How do you like said city compared to current city?
What is your ethnicity?
What do you do for work?
How do you know each other?
How long have you lived here?

Everyone has been asked these questions. They're good to ask to build initial conversation but the real value comes through when you can get people to give answers to questions they haven't thought about. When people start having to thing and going away from their rehearsed answers, you are able to see their logic and how they come up with questions.

Do ask:
What do you do for fun?