Prepare questions to ask an expert
Use before interviewing someone to get the most useful information from them.
Prepare interview questions for an expert.
Who I am interviewing: {{expert}}
Topic and what I want to learn: {{topic}}
What I already know: {{known}}
Time available for the interview: {{time}}
Task:
1. Suggest 8 to 12 questions ordered from warm-up to deep.
2. Mix factual, opinion, and example-eliciting questions.
3. Mark the 3 must-ask questions in case time runs short.
4. Add 2 good follow-up probes I can use to dig deeper.
Constraints: avoid questions answerable by a quick search, keep them open-ended, and tailor them to what I already know.Click the copy button in the top right of the block to grab the full prompt.
Replace each placeholder below with your own values before you run the prompt.
- {{expert}}
- {{topic}}
- {{known}}
- {{time}}
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