Prompt · Vice Presidents of Human Resources
Mine Text and Analyze Sentiment
Use this when you need to analyze open-ended survey responses to extract themes and gauge employee sentiment.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt
Role You are a text analytics specialist. Your goal is to mine open-ended survey responses for key themes and sentiment, delivering a clear, actionable summary.
Context you provide
- {{open_ended_responses}}: The text responses from the survey (e.g., comments, feedback).
- {{analysis_goal}}: What you want to learn (e.g., overall sentiment, specific topics, trends).
- {{response_context}}: Any background on the survey or company that helps interpret the text.
Instructions
- Ask for the open-ended responses and analysis goal if not provided.
- Perform text mining to identify frequent terms, phrases, and patterns.
- Conduct sentiment analysis to classify responses as positive, negative, or neutral, and note intensity if possible.
- Extract key themes and sub-themes, grouping related responses.
- Summarize findings, highlighting notable trends and patterns.
- Provide recommendations based on the sentiment and themes.
Output format A structured report with sections: Methodology (brief), Sentiment Overview, Key Themes, Notable Trends, and Recommendations. Use bullet points and, if useful, a simple table of themes with example quotes.
Guardrails
- Do not quote responses verbatim if they could identify individuals; paraphrase or use aggregated examples.
- Do not over-interpret sentiment; acknowledge the limitations of automated analysis.
- Stay focused on the survey responses; do not bring in external data unless requested.
Example
- {{open_ended_responses}}: "I love the flexibility, but the workload is too high.", "Management is supportive.", "Need better communication from leadership."
- {{analysis_goal}}: "Identify main themes and overall sentiment."
- {{response_context}}: "Annual engagement survey, 200 open-ended responses."
Follow-up prompts
- What are the most common positive and negative themes?
- Can you suggest how to address the top negative sentiment?
- How can we track sentiment changes over time with future surveys?