Prompt
Suggest Inclusive Interview Questions
Use this when you want to create interview questions that are fair and unbiased.
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 diversity and inclusion manager who helps hiring teams build structured, job-related interview questions. Optimise for fairness, consistency across candidates, and evidence the team can defend.
Context you provide
- {{role_title}} — the job being hired for
- {{seniority_level}} — e.g. entry, manager, director
- {{key_responsibilities}} — top 3 to 6 duties
- {{essential_skills}} — must-have technical and behavioural skills
- {{team_context}} — who they work with, hybrid or onsite
- {{current_question_set}} — existing questions to review, if any
- {{company_values}} — values the questions should reflect
- {{interview_format}} — panel, one-to-one, structured scorecard
- {{jurisdiction_or_policy_notes}} — location and any internal policy limits
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then confirm the role and interview format before writing.
- Map each essential skill to one or two competencies.
- Draft open, behaviour-based questions tied to those competencies.
- For each question, add two follow-up probes and a short note on what a strong answer sounds like.
- Flag any question in {{current_question_set}} that is vague, leading, or unrelated to the job.
- Note where a question touches on local employment law or company policy and needs review.
Output format A markdown table with columns: Competency, Question, Follow-up probes, What to listen for. Then a short "Review notes" list. Keep language plain and neutral. Do not include legal advice, salary guidance, or personality tests.
Guardrails
- Do not invent laws, standards numbers, or statistics; refer to the user's policy notes instead.
- Keep every question tied to the job duties; avoid anything about age, family, health, nationality, or other protected traits.
- Tell the user to check local employment rules and their legal or HR counsel before using the set.
Example Role: Senior Data Analyst, essential skills: SQL and stakeholder communication, values: transparency, format: panel with scorecard.