Expert Interview Guide Builder

Help me build a structured interview guide for primary research.

**Who I'm interviewing:**
[Describe the interviewee — their role, expertise, and relationship to your topic]

**What I'm trying to learn:**
[The core research questions or hypotheses you're exploring]

**Interview format:**
- Length: [e.g. 30 minutes, 60 minutes]
- Style: [structured / semi-structured / exploratory]
- Setting: [video call, in-person, phone]

**What I already know:**
[Any background context, prior interviews, or desk research you've done]

**What's most uncertain or most important to validate:**
[The 2–3 things you most need this interview to answer]

Build a complete interview guide with:
1. **Screener confirmation** — 1–2 questions to confirm this person is the right interviewee
2. **Warm-up questions** (2–3) — easy, rapport-building openers
3. **Core questions** (6–10) — open-ended, ordered from broad to specific, covering your research priorities
4. **Probing follow-ups** — 2–3 generic probes to go deeper on any answer (e.g. "Can you walk me through a specific example?")
5. **Closing questions** — what else should I have asked? who else should I talk to?
6. **Interviewer notes** — things to avoid (leading questions, jargon) and what good answers look like