Panel interview question split prompt: free ChatGPT template
Updated · By Robert Breen
Use this before a panel interview. In the Interview Debrief to Scorecard lesson, the panel runs out of time and nobody asks about training other staff, so that must-have ends up "Not discussed". This prompt gives each must-have an owner and minutes, gives each interviewer their questions, and keeps the core questions the same for every candidate.
Have a professional review it. This prompt helps you draft, not decide. Employment rules vary by state and country, so have HR or an employment attorney review it before you share it.
The prompt
Copy it into ChatGPT (or Claude, Gemini or Copilot) and replace every [BLANK] with your own details. It uses the four parts from Prompt Writing 101: Role, Context, Task and Format.
Role: You are helping [HIRING LEAD] at [BUSINESS] organize a panel interview for [ROLE]. Context: The must-haves: [MUST HAVES]. The panel and what each person knows best: [PANEL]. Total time: [TIME]. Every candidate gets the same core questions. Keep every question about the job; leave out age, family, health, religion and anything else not job-related. Task: Give each must-have one interviewer as owner, with minutes, so the total fits and the hardest to judge gets the most time. Give each owner two questions and one follow-up for their must-have. Add any schedule question, such as start time, worded the same for every candidate, and say what each interviewer writes down for the debrief. Format: A table with columns: must-have, owner, minutes, questions, follow-up. Then the order of the interview as a short list, and one line on note-taking: quotes, not impressions.
Fill in the blanks
[HIRING LEAD]- Who organizes the interviews.
[BUSINESS]- Your business name and what you do.
[ROLE]- The job title.
[MUST HAVES]- The three to five things the job truly requires, from the job post.
[PANEL]- Each interviewer and the area they can judge best.
[TIME]- The interview length, including time for the candidate's own questions.
Example, filled in
A made-up example from the free lesson Turn an Interview Debrief into a Scorecard and a Candidate Follow-Up (Recruiting & HR). Willow Bend Physical Therapy is the made-up practice in the interview debrief lesson. Its last panel ran out of time before anyone asked about training staff, so Hannah from HR is planning the next Front Desk Lead interviews.
Role: You are helping Hannah Cole, who handles HR at Willow Bend Physical Therapy, organize a panel interview for Front Desk Lead. Context: The must-haves: front desk experience, insurance verification, handling upset patients, training other staff. The panel and what each person knows best: Marcus Reed knows our front desk and patient complaints; Jess Okafor handles insurance, referrals and authorizations; Hannah Cole has trained our new hires. Total time: 45 minutes, including 5 for the candidate's questions. Every candidate gets the same core questions. Keep every question about the job; leave out age, family, health, religion and anything else not job-related. Task: Give each must-have one interviewer as owner, with minutes, so the total fits and the hardest to judge gets the most time. Give each owner two questions and one follow-up for their must-have. Add any schedule question, such as start time, worded the same for every candidate, and say what each interviewer writes down for the debrief. Format: A table with columns: must-have, owner, minutes, questions, follow-up. Then the order of the interview as a short list, and one line on note-taking: quotes, not impressions.
What a good answer looks like
- Training other staff owned by Hannah with real minutes, so it can't fall off the end again.
- Insurance verification with Jess, who can follow up on referrals and authorizations.
- Minutes that add up to 45, including the 5 for the candidate's questions.
- A schedule question, like whether the 7:30 start works, asked the same way of everyone.
How to check it before you use it
An AI draft can sound right and still say something you never told it. Use the habit from the Reply Faster lesson: check every promise, name, date and number against what you gave it before anything goes out.
- Read every question for anything not about the job, and remove it even if it sounds friendly.
- Use the same plan for every candidate for the role, so the debriefs compare like with like.
- Send each interviewer their section before the day, not in the room.
Why this prompt works
An owner and minutes for every must-have is what prevents the "Not discussed" gap, and notes written as quotes feed straight into an interview scorecard.
Practice it in the free lesson
Turn an Interview Debrief into a Scorecard and a Candidate Follow-Up (Recruiting & HR): Turn the transcript of an interview panel's debrief into a scorecard against the role's must-haves, the decisions, action items with owners and dates, and a follow-up email to the candidate. You do every step yourself in a practice copy of ChatGPT, and nothing touches your real accounts.
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