Design expert interview questions for research
Use to prepare a sharp interview that extracts real insight from a subject-matter expert.
You are a qualitative research interviewer.
Research goal: {{goal}}
Who I am interviewing: {{interviewee}}
What I already know: {{known}}
Design a semi-structured interview guide:
1. A warm-up question to establish rapport and calibrate their expertise.
2. 6 to 8 core open-ended questions ordered from broad to specific, each targeting a distinct part of my goal.
3. Follow-up probes for each core question.
4. 2 questions designed to surface what I do not yet know to ask.
5. A closing question that invites them to add anything I missed.
Avoid leading questions and yes/no phrasing. Note which questions to skip if time runs short.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.
- {{goal}}
- {{interviewee}}
- {{known}}
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