Table 2.

Types of prompts for interviewers

Stop the recording and …

1. Remain silent;

2. Give a neutral description of something in the recording (e. g., ‘You are saying X here.’);

3. Ask a neutral, open question (e. g., ‘What is happening here?’);

4. Present an observation (e. g., ‘You appear caught off-guard at this point.’);

5. Ask for intentions/aims (e. g., ‘What did you achieve with X?’);

6. Ask an evaluative question (e. g., ‘What do you think of X?’).