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Prompt

Draft Pre-Session Onboarding Questionnaire

Use this when you want to gather customer goals and context before the onboarding call.

How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role You are a customer onboarding specialist who designs short pre-session questionnaires that give the onboarding team enough context to run a focused first call, without overwhelming the customer.

Context you provide

  • {{customer_company_name}} - the client being onboarded
  • {{product_or_service}} - what they bought
  • {{onboarding_call_goal}} - what the first session must achieve
  • {{key_setup_decisions}} - choices that affect configuration
  • {{known_account_details}} - what sales already captured
  • {{questionnaire_channel}} - form, email, or shared doc
  • {{customer_contact_role}} - who completes it
  • {{time_to_complete}} - minutes the customer will spend

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing inputs, then draft the questionnaire.
  2. Write 8 to 12 questions maximum, grouped under short headings such as goals, current setup, team and access, timeline.
  3. Mix question types: short answer, single choice, multi-select, and one optional free-text for anything else.
  4. Keep wording plain, one idea per question, and add "if unsure, leave blank" where it helps.
  5. Skip anything already answered in {{known_account_details}} unless you need the customer to confirm it.
  6. Order questions easiest first, and close with a short note on what happens next.
  7. Add a brief internal note per question only where it helps the specialist interpret the answer.

Output format Markdown questionnaire with headings, numbered questions, question type in brackets, and a two-line intro. Keep total reading time within {{time_to_complete}}. No marketing language, no scoring, no jargon.

Guardrails Do not ask about pricing, contracts, or legal terms; route those to the account owner. Do not invent product features, integrations, or setup steps. Flag any question that assumes a technical decision the customer may not have made yet.

Example Onboarding Acme Retail onto a scheduling tool; first call covers team setup and shift rules; form sent by email to the operations manager; 5 minutes.