AI Interview Prompts for Personalised Content

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you'll be able to:

• Create targeted interview prompts that guide ChatGPT to produce personalised content for specific tasks
• Balance depth and efficiency when crafting question sets
• Test and refine prompts to improve AI-generated responses

Introduction

Getting AI to create content that actually fits your needs takes more than just asking nicely. You need to know how to ask the right questions in the right way. This chapter shows you how to craft interview prompts that guide ChatGPT to produce personalised content for everything from email campaigns to meal planning. You'll learn to move beyond generic responses and get AI working specifically for your requirements.

Lessons

Define Your Content Purpose

Before you start writing prompts, you need to know exactly what you want the AI to create. Vague requests lead to vague responses.

Start by asking yourself these questions:

• What type of content do you need? (email, social post, blog article, etc.)
• Who is your audience?
• What action do you want them to take?
• What tone should the content have?

Example: Instead of "Write me an email", try "Write a promotional email for busy parents announcing a new meal planning service that saves them 2 hours per week".

Build Effective Interview Prompts

Good interview prompts work like a conversation. They guide the AI step by step through the information it needs to create personalised content.

Follow this structure:

1. Start with context about your audience
2. Explain the specific task or goal
3. Add details about tone, style, or format
4. Include any constraints or requirements

Example prompt structure:
"You're writing for [audience]. Create a [content type] that [specific goal]. The tone should be [tone]. Include [specific elements]. Keep it under [word count]."

Test and Refine Your Prompts

Your first prompt rarely gives you perfect results. Testing different variations helps you understand what works.

Here's how to refine your prompts:

1. Run your initial prompt and review the output
2. Identify what's missing or off-target
3. Adjust your prompt to be more specific about problem areas
4. Test again and compare results

Common refinement areas:

• Tone adjustments (too formal, too casual)
• Length issues (too long, too short)
• Missing key information
• Wrong audience focus

Create Question Sets for Complex Tasks

For detailed content like comprehensive emails or multi-part campaigns, break your interview into a series of questions.

Example question set for email marketing:

1. "What's the main benefit our audience gets from this offer?"
2. "What objections might they have, and how do we address them?"
3. "What's the most compelling way to present the call-to-action?"
4. "How can we create urgency without being pushy?"

Work through each question, then combine the responses into a final prompt for content creation.

Practice

Create three different prompts for the same task to see how small changes affect the output. Pick a simple task like writing a social media post about a new product launch.

Prompt 1: Basic version with minimal context
Prompt 2: Add specific audience details and tone requirements
Prompt 3: Include format requirements and specific elements to mention

Compare the three outputs and note which prompt produced the most useful result for your needs.

FAQs

How specific should my prompts be?
Be as specific as needed to get the result you want. If the output is too generic, add more detail. If it's too rigid, reduce some constraints.

Can I use the same prompt for different types of content?
Basic prompt structures can be adapted, but each content type needs specific adjustments for format, length, and purpose.

What if ChatGPT doesn't understand my prompt?
Simplify your language and break complex requests into smaller parts. Use clear, direct instructions rather than implied meanings.

How do I know if my prompt is working well?
Good prompts consistently produce content that needs minimal editing and closely matches your requirements.

Jargon Buster

Interview Prompts: Structured questions or instructions that guide AI to produce specific types of content
Personalisation: Adapting content to match specific audience needs, preferences, or circumstances
Context: Background information that helps AI understand the situation and requirements for content creation
Refinement: The process of improving prompts based on testing and output quality

Wrap-up

You now know how to create interview prompts that guide ChatGPT to produce personalised content. Start with clear goals, build specific prompts, and refine them through testing. The key is being specific about what you want while giving the AI enough context to create relevant responses.

Practice with different types of content and keep notes about what works. As you get more comfortable with prompt crafting, you'll be able to tackle more complex personalisation tasks and get better results faster.

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