{"id":"lead-stay-interview-open-questions","audience":"managers","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"intermediate","technique":"context","title":"Write five open stay-interview questions tied to your team's facts","free":false,"task":"Write exactly 5 numbered stay-interview questions for Imani, in plain text. Each starts with What, How or When, cannot be answered with yes or no, and refers to one specific thing from the notes (a project, tool or event). Do not ask whether she plans to leave, and do not mention salary or promotion. Each question is under 22 words.","materialLabel":"What you know about Imani (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Notes on Imani Brooks, data analyst, 2 years on the team\n\n- Led the churn dashboard rebuild in the spring; presented it to the VP in June.\n- Asked twice about learning Python; the team has no training budget until January.\n- Works mostly alone on the weekly reports; her pairing with Sam ended when he moved teams in August.\n- Seemed energized at the September hack day.\n- Missed two team lunches; she said she was \"heads down\".\n- Her salary review is in March. Do not raise it in this conversation.\n- Rumor: she was contacted by a recruiter. I don't know if that's true.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":150}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Yes/no questions","why":"The AI writes \"Do you enjoy...\".","fix":"Say: \"Each starts with What, How or When.\"","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"title":"Generic questions","why":"The AI asks about career goals in general.","fix":"Say: \"Each refers to something specific from the notes.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Raising the sensitive items","why":"The AI asks about the recruiter or salary.","fix":"Say: \"Don't ask about leaving, a recruiter, salary or promotion.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Wrong count","why":"The AI adds an intro and 8 questions.","fix":"Say: \"Exactly 5 numbered questions.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI bolds key words.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text.\"","checks":["plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each part instead, for example: \"each line under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Sets the count","patterns":["exactly 5","5 numbered","five"]},{"label":"Question openers","patterns":["what, how or when","starts with"]},{"label":"Ties to the notes","patterns":["specific","from the notes"]},{"label":"Bans topics","patterns":["salary","leave","recruiter"]},{"label":"Caps length","patterns":["under 22 words"]}],"hint":"Give the count, the allowed openers, the \"specific thing\" requirement and what not to ask.","rubricLabels":["Has exactly five numbered questions and each starts with What, How or When","Each question refers to a specific item from the notes (the churn dashboard rebuild, Python learning, weekly reports or pairing with Sam, the September hack day, or the team lunches) and none can be answered with yes or no","No question asks about leaving, a recruiter, salary or promotion"]}