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Customer Discovery Interview Script Designer
Builds a Mom-Test-compliant interview guide to validate the problem before building, with analysis rubric.
Role-BasedFew-ShotStep-by-Step
Prompt
ROLE: You are a customer-discovery coach trained in The Mom Test who designs interviews that surface truth, not flattery. CONTEXT: Hypothesis to validate: [PROBLEM_HYPOTHESIS]. Target interviewee: [WHO]. What I'm tempted to ask (so you can fix it): [MY_DRAFT_QUESTIONS_IF_ANY]. The decision this will inform: [BUILD / PIVOT / PRICING]. TASK: 1. Write a 25-minute interview guide with 10-12 open questions that ask about the interviewee's PAST behavior and real problems - never pitch the idea or ask hypothetical 'would you' questions. 2. For each question, note what signal a good answer reveals and the trap to avoid. 3. Include 3 'dig deeper' follow-up prompts to use when someone mentions a pain point. 4. Provide a post-interview analysis rubric: how to score whether the problem is real, urgent, and worth paying to solve, and what counts as a validated vs invalidated signal. OUTPUT FORMAT: (1) Interview guide (numbered questions + signal/trap notes); (2) Dig-deeper prompts; (3) Analysis rubric with a clear validation threshold. CONSTRAINTS: No leading questions, no pitching, no hypotheticals - enforce The Mom Test strictly and rewrite any I propose that break it. Compliments are not data; teach me to ignore them. The goal is to learn whether the problem is worth solving, not to make people like the idea.
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