{"id":"lead-structured-interview-question-table","audience":"hr","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"intermediate","technique":"format","title":"Draft the same structured interview questions for every candidate","free":false,"task":"Draft one behavioral question for each of the four competencies in a table with the header Competency | Question | Strong answer includes. Every question starts \"Tell me about a time\" and is under 20 words. The last column is one short phrase (under 10 words) that describes a strong answer, based on the role notes. Do not ask about age, family, health or origin. The same questions are used for every candidate. Plain text. HR reviews before use.","materialLabel":"Role notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Role: Team Lead, Customer Support (internal opening, three finalists)\n\nCompetencies the hiring group agreed on\n1. Handling escalations: a strong answer shows staying calm, getting the facts, and following up with the customer.\n2. Coaching others: a strong answer shows giving specific feedback and checking progress later.\n3. Prioritizing under pressure: a strong answer shows a clear rule for what came first and what was dropped.\n4. Working across teams: a strong answer shows agreeing on a shared goal and a named owner.\n\nNotes from the hiring manager (do not use as questions): one finalist is a parent of young children; another recently moved from another country; the third is close to retirement. She also wants a question about \"energy and stamina\".","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":170},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking about personal situations","why":"The AI adds a stamina or family question.","fix":"Say: \"Do not ask about age, family, health, origin or stamina.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not behavioral","why":"The AI asks hypotheticals like \"What would you do\".","fix":"Say: \"Every question starts Tell me about a time.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Wrong last column","why":"The AI writes a paragraph.","fix":"Say: \"A short phrase under 10 words based on the role notes.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Wrong table","why":"The AI adds a rating column.","fix":"Say: \"Exactly this header and four rows.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI bolds competencies.","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":"Gives the header","patterns":["competency \\|","question","strong answer includes"]},{"label":"Question opener","patterns":["tell me about a time"]},{"label":"Length limits","patterns":["under 20 words","under 10 words"]},{"label":"Bans personal topics","patterns":["age","family","health","origin"]},{"label":"Based on role notes","patterns":["role notes"]}],"hint":"Give the header, the required question opener, the length limits and the topics not to ask about.","rubricLabels":["Has the header Competency | Question | Strong answer includes and exactly four rows for escalations, coaching, prioritizing and cross-team work","Every question starts with \"Tell me about a time\" and is under 20 words, and each last-column phrase is under 10 words and matches the strong answer in the notes","There is no question about age, family, health, origin, energy or stamina, and nothing is said about the three finalists' personal situations"]}