Generate Interview Questions From a JD
When to use it
Build a structured interview guide instead of improvising questions on the call.
The prompt
Build an interview guide for a {{30/45/60}}-minute {{phone screen / technical / panel}} interview. JOB DESCRIPTION: {{Paste JD here}} WHAT THIS ROUND SPECIFICALLY ASSESSES: {{the 2-4 things this interview owns — not the whole role}} WHO'S RUNNING IT: {{a non-technical recruiter / an engineer / the hiring manager}} For each requirement this round covers, give me: - One opening question that reveals genuine hands-on depth rather than surface familiarity. - Two follow-up probes for when the first answer stays abstract. - What a strong answer sounds like, in plain English I could recognise without the domain knowledge. - What a weak-but-confident answer sounds like, since that's the one that actually fools people. - One red flag worth noting. Then: 1. Lay it out with rough timings that add up to the real length, including their questions and a close. 2. Order it from broad and warm to specific and demanding. 3. Tell me which question to cut first if I'm running behind. 4. Flag any question that's really testing communication style or confidence rather than the skill I said I was assessing.
Tip
Pair this with the glossary's own “ask” question for any term the Decode tab matches, and use this prompt to fill the gaps the glossary doesn't cover.
How to use it
Paste the prompt into ChatGPT, Claude or whichever assistant you use, then replace every {{bracketed}} part with your own detail. The more specific and messier your input, the better the output — a model given raw notes has more to work with than one given a tidy summary you wrote first.
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