We value diverse working styles. This brief questionnaire helps us understand your natural communication, leadership, and organizational preferences to ensure a great mutual fit. There are no right or wrong answers—please choose the responses that feel most natural to you.

1. Basic Information

Full Name

Email Address

2. Word Association

Select the one word in each row that best describes your natural working style.

Decisive Enthusiastic Patient Analytical

Driven Outgoing Predictable Precise

Direct Persuasive Accommodating Systematic

3. Workplace Scenarios

How would you naturally react in these situations?

1. During an internal design charrette to discuss people-first design solutions, ideas are flying around. You naturally: Pitch your boldest idea immediately to steer the design direction. Build excitedly on others' ideas, keeping the creative energy high. Listen carefully to everyone before offering a thoughtful, balanced suggestion. Analyze constraints to determine which ideas are technically viable.

2. You are setting up sheets in Revit and managing a technical drawing workflow when you encounter an unfamiliar warning message. You: Quickly test workarounds to force a resolution and keep moving. Ask a colleague sitting nearby and chat about the software quirk. Patiently read the warning and ask the team for their preferred fix. Dive into documentation to find the root cause so you never make the error again.

3. A junior designer keeps making the same detailing mistake in Revit. You naturally: Sit them down, point out the error directly, and tell them it needs to stop. Casually bring it up over coffee and encourage them to try a new approach. Patiently walk through the detail with them step-by-step until they feel comfortable. Create a written standard operating procedure (SOP) or checklist for them to follow.

4. A younger designer is overwhelmed by their workload and asks for your help to meet a deadline. You: Quickly reassign their tasks and take charge of the critical items to hit the deadline. Hype them up, boost their confidence, and brainstorm a quick, creative workaround together. Sit with them, listen to their concerns, and offer to share the load so they don't burn out. Help them break their tasks down into a structured, prioritized schedule.

5. During the iterative design process, a client suddenly moves a schematic design package deadline up by two days. You: Thrive on the pressure, aggressively prioritize tasks, and push through. Rally the studio, grab some coffee, and make a collaborative push. Remain calm, reorganize your tasks, and steadily support the team. Map out exactly how many hours are needed to hit the deadline without sacrificing quality.

6. You receive heavy markups on construction documentation you drafted. Your internal reaction is: Frustration at the rework, but a drive to execute it instantly to prove competence. A desire to talk through the redlines out loud to understand the "why" behind them. Acceptance; you view it as a normal part of the process and update drawings steadily. Deep analysis to ensure you completely understand the technical detailing rules moving forward.

7. On a day you are working remotely in your hybrid schedule, a miscommunication occurs over chat. You: Jump on a quick, direct call to resolve it in two minutes flat. Send a friendly message or voice note to clear the air and keep things positive. Wait until your next in-office day to smoothly resolve it face-to-face. Write a clear communication outlining exactly where the breakdown occurred and how to fix it.

8. You are asked to support the development of energy-efficient building strategies and apply Passive House principles. You: Take a bold stab at drafting it, confident you can resolve errors later. Set up a quick brainstorming session with a colleague to sketch it together. Look at previous office projects to find a similar detail and adapt it carefully. Spend time researching the exact technical concepts before drawing a single line.

9. You are preparing presentation materials for a client meeting. You are most focused on: Ensuring the narrative gets straight to the point to drive a fast client decision. Making sure the graphics are highly engaging, creative, and visually exciting. Ensuring all required pieces are included and the layout flows comfortably. Checking that every line weight, margin, and label shows high attention to graphic precision.

10. You have three competing tasks: a Revit model update, an Enscape walkthrough, and code research. You naturally: Tackle the most urgent one aggressively, then rapid-fire the other two. Jump between them depending on where your creative energy is highest. Check in with your team to establish a mutually agreed-upon priority order. Evaluate the complexity of each and create a rigid, time-blocked schedule for the day.

11. A rough, old-school general contractor dismisses your construction details on site, saying "we've never done it this way." You: Push back firmly, assert your authority, and demand the detail be built exactly as drawn. Use charm and humor to diffuse the tension and persuade them to try your method. Listen to their concerns patiently and try to find a middle ground that works for both. Pull out the construction documents and systematically explain the building-science reasoning.

12. The MEP consultant sends a duct layout that completely ruins your vaulted ceiling design. You: Call them immediately and insist they reroute the ducts to preserve the architectural design. Set up a collaborative meeting to enthusiastically sketch out alternative ideas together. Accommodate the change but carefully adjust the ceiling design to integrate it smoothly. Cross-reference engineering codes and space clearances to calculate a precise alternative route.

13. During a site visit, you notice a framing mistake that will cause issues later, but the drywall is about to go up. You: Immediately halt the work and direct the crew to tear it down and rebuild it correctly. Gather the crew, keep the mood light, and rally them for a quick, collaborative fix. Calmly pull the site supervisor aside to discuss a realistic timeline for fixing it without panicking. Document the error with photos, issue a formal field report, and detail the exact remediation required.

14. A client decides to completely change the layout of the primary suite after the Design Development phase is already approved. You: Firmly remind them of the signed approval and schedule impact, pushing to stick to the original plan. Pivot energetically, sell them on how exciting the new layout will be, and get the team hyped. Reassure the client that you want them to be happy, and steadily work changes into the timeline. Analyze the exact cost/schedule implications and present a detailed change order before designing.

15. You need a critical design decision from a client to keep the project moving, but they haven't responded to your emails for two weeks. You: Make a unilateral executive decision to keep the project moving and inform them of the direction taken. Call their personal cell, keep it friendly and casual, and try to coax an answer out of them on the spot. Wait patiently and send a gentle, polite follow-up email so they don't feel pressured. Send a formal project update detailing exactly how their delay is mathematically pushing back completion.

4. Ideal Environment

Rate how much you agree with the following statements (1 = Strongly Disagree, 5 = Strongly Agree).

I thrive in an environment where I am given total autonomy to make high-stakes project decisions, rather than needing to build consensus with a larger team.

I prefer a studio culture that is highly social and loud, where spontaneous brainstorming and informal desk critiques happen constantly throughout the day.

When managing a team, I prefer a predictable, even-paced project schedule where everyone feels supported, even if it means occasionally extending a deadline.

I am most effective when a studio has rigid, well-documented protocols for everything from folder structures to QA/QC processes, rather than figuring it out on the fly.

DEMO Architects: Senior Architect Application

1. Basic Information

2. Word Association

3. Workplace Scenarios

4. Ideal Environment

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