Run customer discovery interviews that reveal the truth
Interview questions about past behavior (not opinions) that validate problems without leading the witness.
The prompt
Help me run customer discovery interviews.
What I'm exploring: [PROBLEM AREA or idea]
Who I'll interview: [TARGET CUSTOMER]
What I need to learn: [ASSUMPTIONS TO TEST]
Deliver:
1. Screening criteria and a recruiting message.
2. A 30-minute interview guide: warm-up, questions about their recent past behavior ("Tell me about the last time you…"), how they solve it today, cost of the problem, and wrap-up. Avoid hypothetical and leading questions ("Would you buy…?").
3. Follow-up probes for each section.
4. Signals of a real problem vs. polite interest.
5. A note-taking template and how to synthesize 5–10 interviews.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- PROBLEM AREA or idea
- TARGET CUSTOMER
- ASSUMPTIONS TO TEST
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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