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Expert Interview Designer

Design a user research interview guide for understanding [topic/behavior/experience]

Role-Based

Prompt

Design a user research interview guide for understanding [topic/behavior/experience]. Goals: [research objectives]. Participants: [target profile]. Create: (1) Screener criteria. (2) Opening rapport-building questions (3). (3) Core exploration questions (8-10) using open-ended, non-leading language. (4) Probing follow-ups for each core question. (5) Projective/creative question (e.g., analogy, ideal world). (6) Closing questions. (7) Analysis framework for synthesis.

How to use this prompt

  1. 1

    Copy the prompt above and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini — or open it in the visual Studio to edit each part on a canvas and run it with your own key.

  2. 2

    Replace any bracketed placeholders with your specifics. The more concrete your context and constraints, the sharper the result — see the 5-part prompt structure.

  3. 3

    Run it, then refine. Ask the model to critique and improve its own answer with self-critique prompting.

Techniques in this prompt

Role-Based

Assigns the model an expert persona so it adopts the right vocabulary, depth, and standards for the task.

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