Human Expert Interview Guide
Prepare a trained human moderator with neutral, decision-linked questions, approved probes, consent checks, sensitive-information stop rules, and an evidence handoff.
Audience
Human moderators and note-takers interviewing screened specialists about a defined decision.
Outcome
Run a consistent human-led conversation and hand source-labeled evidence to a reviewer.
Method
Semi-structured human expert interview guide with neutral probes and governance checkpoints.
12
questions
~45
minutes
0
demo uses
Estimated timing
Logic flags
Opening and permissions
Confirm identity context, voluntary participation, boundaries, and any external recording decision.
Decision evidence
Explore mechanisms, examples, trade-offs, exceptions, disagreement, and evidence that would change the view.
Close and handoff
Resolve caveats, permission for attribution or follow-up, and structured moderator notes.
1. Before we begin, what relevant role and experience should frame your answers about {expert_domain}?
2. Do you consent to this human-led research conversation and understand how the evidence will be used?
3. What conflict, confidentiality, attribution, or external recording boundary should we document now?
4. How does {decision} get made in practice today?
5. Walk me through a recent, non-confidential example from start to finish.
6. Which constraints or trade-offs most often change the outcome, and why?
7. Where do credible specialists disagree about this topic?
8. What exception or failure mode would make your guidance unsafe to generalize?
9. What evidence would cause you to revise your current view?
10. What have we misunderstood, omitted, or over-simplified?
11. May the team attribute this evidence, use it anonymously, or contact you for clarification?
12. Moderator handoff: label facts, interpretation, contradictions, caveats, restricted content, and follow-up actions.