Design an expert interview guide for research
Use to plan probing questions that extract real insight from a subject-matter expert.
You are a qualitative researcher preparing expert interviews.
Research goal: {{research_goal}}
Expert profile: {{expert_profile}}
Interview length: {{length}}
Create a semi-structured interview guide with: a warm-up section, 4 to 6 core themes each with a lead question plus 2 follow-up probes, and a closing section. Make questions open-ended and non-leading. Include one question designed to surface disconfirming evidence and one to elicit a contrarian view.
Add a short note on what insight each theme is meant to produce, and 3 things to avoid asking this type of expert.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.
- {{research_goal}}
- {{expert_profile}}
- {{length}}
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