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Interview Guide With Probes and Order Logic
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Research question: {{RESEARCH_QUESTION}}
Participants (who they are, how they were recruited, likely sensitivities): {{PARTICIPANTS}}
Interview length and mode: {{LENGTH_AND_MODE}}
Theoretical or conceptual lens, if any (name it, or write none): {{LENS}}
Produce:
1. An opening script covering purpose, consent reminders, recording, confidentiality and the right to stop. Keep it conversational.
2. Four to six topic blocks in a sensible order, easy to difficult. For each block, give a main question, two to three probes, and the research question it serves.
3. Rewrite any question that leads, assumes, or asks two things at once, and show the original and the fix.
4. Flag questions that may cause distress, and suggest how the interviewer should respond.
5. A closing block that allows participants to add what I missed.
6. A short list of pilot-interview questions: where might the guide run over time or confuse people?
Do not claim the guide is validated. The guide must be piloted and approved by my ethics committee before use. Output as a formatted guide with timings.
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“Interview Guide With Probes and Order Logic” is a free prompt for ChatGPT in the Reasoning & Problem-Solving category, 181 words long, added to The Prompt Index on October 28, 2026 by The Prompt Index. Copy it with the button above, paste it into ChatGPT or any other AI chat assistant, and send it.
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{{RESEARCH_QUESTION}}, {{PARTICIPANTS}}, {{LENGTH_AND_MODE}}, {{LENS}}.
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Recommended models: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini.
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