The prompt
Score 10 of 10, Excellent
Use it when You want thoughtful questions that help you judge the job and show you did your homework, instead of generic ones.
- {{role}}
- {{interviewer}}
- {{job_posting}}
- {{what_i_know}}
- {{my_priorities}}
- {{stage}}
Full prompt and why it works
Prompt
Prepare questions for me to ask at the end of my interview for {{role}} with {{interviewer}}. I want questions that help me decide whether this job is right for me and show I have thought about the role, so they should be specific to this posting and this stage. The job posting: """ {{job_posting}} """ What I know about the company and team (from their website, news, the recruiter, earlier interviews): """ {{what_i_know}} """ What matters most to me in my next job: {{my_priorities}} Interview stage: {{stage}} Produce: 1. Eight numbered questions in three groups (the work and how success is measured, the team and how it works, the company's direction), each followed by one line on what a good or worrying answer would tell me. For example: "What would make someone in this role successful in their first six months?" A vague answer may mean the role is not well defined yet. 2. My top three, in the order to ask them if time is short, chosen for this interviewer. 3. Two questions to avoid at this stage, and why. Keep it under 400 words. Base the questions on the posting, what I know and my priorities. Do not include questions the material already answers, and do not invent facts about the company, such as news, products or problems I did not mention. Keep pay and benefits questions out of the top three unless this is a recruiter call or a final stage. If one of my priorities is sensitive to raise, such as flexible hours or remote work, suggest a neutral way to ask about it. If I have not said who the interviewer is, write questions for a hiring manager and note which to swap for a peer or a senior leader.
Variables
- {{role}}
- The job title and company.
- {{interviewer}}
- Their role, for example "the hiring manager" or "a future peer on the team".
- {{job_posting}}
- The full job posting.
- {{what_i_know}}
- What you have learned about the company and team so far.
- {{my_priorities}}
- What matters most to you, for example "growth into management, steady hours".
- {{stage}}
- For example "first interview" or "final round".
Why it works
- Who it's for. Each question comes with what a good or worrying answer would tell you, so the questions help you decide, not just look prepared.
- What to avoid. Questions already answered by the posting and invented company facts are ruled out, which are the two ways prepared questions fall flat.
- If unsure. Sensitive priorities get neutral wording, and an unknown interviewer gets questions for a hiring manager with swaps for other roles.