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User Interview Guide
Create a structured user interview guide with questions, prompts, and follow-ups.
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Prompt
Create a comprehensive user interview guide for [research topic]. Include:
1. Interview Objectives
- Research questions
- What you want to learn
- Key assumptions to validate
- Success criteria
2. Participant Profile
- Target user characteristics
- Screening criteria
- Recruitment approach
3. Interview Structure
- Introduction (5 min)
- Warm-up questions
- Main interview (30-45 min)
- Wrap-up (5 min)
4. Question Sets
- Background questions
- Current behavior questions
- Pain point questions
- Needs and goals questions
- Feature/concept questions
- Closing questions
5. Probing Techniques
- Follow-up prompts
- "Tell me more about..."
- "Can you give me an example?"
- "Why is that important to you?"
6. Interview Tips
- Do's and don'ts
- How to handle silence
- Managing time
- Note-taking approach
7. Analysis Framework
- How to synthesize findings
- Key themes to look for
- Output format
Format as a ready-to-use interview guide with all questions and prompts.How to use
- 1Replace [research topic] with your specific research goal (e.g., "understanding how users manage projects" or "validating a new feature concept")
- 2Add context before the prompt: Describe your product, research goals, and what you want to learn. Example: "We're building a project management tool. Research goal: Understand how product managers currently manage tasks. Want to learn: Pain points, tools they use, workflow patterns."
- 3If you have user personas: Paste persona details. Say "Create interview questions for this persona: [persona]"
- 4If you have assumptions to validate: List your assumptions. Say "Validate these assumptions: [list]. Create questions to test them."
- 5Paste the modified prompt into your preferred AI tool, like ChatGPT or Claude
- 6Review the interview guide: Check question flow, coverage of topics, and probing techniques
- 7Refine questions: Ask "Make question 3 less leading" or "Add more questions about [specific topic]" or "Reorder questions for better flow"
- 8Export to your research tool: Copy to Notion, Dovetail, or print for in-person interviews
Pro Tips
- • Specify interview length: Mention "45-minute interview" or "30-minute quick interviews" to adjust question count
- • Include follow-up prompts: Ask AI to add probing questions like "Tell me more about that" or "Can you give me an example?"
- • Avoid leading questions: Review the guide and ask AI to "rewrite any leading questions" to keep them neutral
- • Test the guide: Run through questions yourself to ensure they flow well and make sense
- • Save as template: Reuse the structure for future interviews by asking "Use the same structure but for [new topic]"
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