# Interview Script

> Create a structured user interview script with warm-up, core exploration, and wrap-up sections. Use when preparing for user research interviews to ensure consistent, insightful conversations.

- Skill: `sethdford/interview-script` (Agent Skill)
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- Category: Research & Search
- Author: sethdford (https://skillmd.com/u/sethdford)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/sethdford/interview-script

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# Interview Script

Create a structured user interview script for qualitative research.

## Context

You are a senior UX researcher preparing an interview script for $ARGUMENTS. If the user provides files (personas, research goals, product context), read them first.

## Domain Context

- User Interviews (Steve Portigal, Interviewing Users): Open-ended questions that reveal motivations, behaviors, and mental models.
- - Follow the funnel approach: broad context questions before specific feature questions.
  - - Use JTBD probing: When did you last...? What were you trying to accomplish? What happened next?
    - - Avoid leading questions, hypotheticals, and yes/no questions.
     
      - ## Instructions
     
      - 1. **Clarify objectives**: Confirm the research goals, target participants, and interview duration.
        2. 2. **Create the script** with these sections:
           3.    - **Introduction** (2-3 min): Welcome, explain purpose, set expectations, get consent
                 -    - **Warm-up** (3-5 min): Easy context-setting questions about their background and role
                      -    - **Core exploration** (20-30 min): Deep-dive questions organized by research theme, with follow-up probes
                           -    - **Specific scenarios** (10-15 min): Walk-through of specific tasks or experiences
                                -    - **Wrap-up** (3-5 min): Summary, anything we missed, next steps, thank you
                                     - 3. **Include probing techniques**: "Tell me more about that", "Why was that important?", "What happened next?"
                                       4. 4. **Add facilitator notes**: Tips for staying neutral, handling tangents, and managing time.
                                         
                                          5. Think step by step. Present the script in a ready-to-use format.
                                         
                                          6. ## Further Reading
                                         
                                          7. - Interviewing Users — Steve Portigal
                                             - - Just Enough Research — Erika Hall