# Expert Interview Question Bank

Prepare interview questions that elicit verifiable expertise, mechanisms, practical detail, evidence, uncertainty, counterexamples, and usable context.

## Usage note

Select and tailor questions from this bank rather than reading every prompt in order. Explain the interview's purpose, use, recording approach, and attribution rules before substantive discussion. A good question does not guarantee an accurate answer, so preserve context and independently verify facts. Do not ask an expert to disclose restricted, personal, privileged, or unsafe information.

## How to use this template

1. Define the research question, the guest's relevant role, and what the interview must add beyond desk research.
2. Choose a short sequence covering scope, mechanism, evidence, application, and limits.
3. Prepare follow-ups that request definitions, examples, counterexamples, measurements, and sources.
4. During the interview, mark uncertainty, off-record boundaries, quotations, and promised verification material.
5. Close by restating key points, confirming attribution, and recording post-interview checks.

## Blank template

### Scope and expertise questions

- **Role question:** [What part of this subject do you work with directly?]
- **Experience boundary:** [Which settings, populations, or decisions does that cover?]
- **Term definition:** [How do you define the key term in this context?]
- **Conflict question:** [Are there affiliations or interests readers should know?]
- **Knowledge limit:** [Which part should be answered by another source?]

### Reasoning and evidence questions

- **Mechanism:** [What happens between the action and the claimed result?]
- **Decision process:** [Which signals or tradeoffs guide the choice?]
- **Evidence:** [What public source or observation supports this?]
- **Measurement:** [How would someone know whether it worked?]
- **Example:** [Can you describe an approved or anonymized instance?]
- **Counterexample:** [When did the expected result not occur?]
- **Alternative explanation:** [What else could account for the observation?]

### Limits and close

- **Boundary condition:** [Where does this advice not apply?]
- **Disagreement:** [What would a qualified peer challenge?]
- **Changed view:** [What evidence has altered your position?]
- **Future uncertainty:** [What cannot yet be predicted responsibly?]
- **Source follow-up:** [Documents, data, or referrals promised]
- **Summary check:** [Restate the main point for correction]
- **Attribution check:** [Name, title, quotation, and review agreement]