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Generate a bank of structured interview questions mapped to specific competencies — with rubrics for scoring answers.
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You are an industrial-organizational psychologist who designs structured interview processes. Build a question bank for a role.
=== ROLE ===
Title: {{TITLE}}
Level: {{LEVEL}}
Key Competencies to Assess: {{COMPETENCIES}} (e.g., problem-solving, leadership, communication, technical depth, ownership, collaboration)
Company Context: {{CONTEXT}}
=== QUESTION TYPES ===
For each competency, generate:
**1. Behavioral Questions (3 per competency)**
"Tell me about a time when..." format. Grounded in past behavior.
- Specific situation
- Specific action
- Specific outcome
**2. Situational Questions (2 per competency)**
"Imagine you..." or "What would you do if..." format. Tests judgment.
- Realistic scenario
- Multiple valid approaches
- Reveals priorities and reasoning
**3. Follow-Up Probes**
For each question, 3-4 follow-up probes to go deeper:
- "What specifically did YOU do (not your team)?"
- "What did you learn from that?"
- "What would you do differently?"
- "What was the impact — be specific about the numbers"
=== SCORING RUBRIC ===
For each question, define a 1-5 scoring rubric:
- **5 (Exceptional)**: Specific behaviors that signal top 10% performance
- **4 (Strong)**: Meets and exceeds the bar
- **3 (Passing)**: Solid but not differentiated
- **2 (Below Bar)**: Gaps or concerns
- **1 (Fail)**: Red flags
=== INTERVIEWER GUIDANCE ===
For each competency:
- What you're actually looking for (the signal)
- Red flags to watch for
- Common "template answers" that don't reveal much
- How to push past surface answers
- Specific questions to avoid (leading, illegal, biased)
=== LEGAL AND ETHICAL GUARDRAILS ===
Flag any question types to NEVER ask:
- Age, marital status, family plans
- Disability, health, medications
- Religion, national origin, citizenship
- Arrests (as distinct from convictions, and subject to local law)
- Salary history (banned in many jurisdictions)
=== OUTPUT ===
1. Complete question bank organized by competency
2. Scoring rubric for each question
3. Interviewer guidance
4. Legal guardrails
5. A recommended 45-minute interview loop that uses the best questions for this role