--- title: "Interview kit generator: free startup interview plans" description: "Pick a role and print an interview kit for each interviewer: questions, strong answers, red flags and a 1 to 4 scorecard. Free for 20 startup roles." image: https://funded.club/hubfs/og_image_funded.png --- [![Primary\_logo](https://funded.club/hubfs/Primary_logo.svg)](https://funded.club/) [Book a call](https://funded.club/contact-us) - [Hire](https://funded.club) - [Pricing](https://funded.club/pricing) - [Find a job](https://funded.club/startupjobs) - [Case Studies](https://funded.club/case-studies) - [Locally](https://funded.club/case-studies/locally) - [Supernova](https://funded.club/case-studies/supernova) - [Isolocity](https://funded.club/case-studies/isolocity) - [WeTravel](https://funded.club/case-studies/wetravel) - [Digital Science](https://funded.club/case-studies/digital-science) - [Blog](https://funded.club/blog-results) - [Resources](https://funded.club/resources) - [Predict success](https://signup.predict.ventures/) - [Growth Planner](https://funded.club/growth-planner) - [Glossary](https://funded.club/glossary) - [FAQ](https://funded.club/faq) - [Contact us](https://funded.club/contact-us) [Book a call](https://funded.club/contact-us) - Engagement options: - [Hiring solutions](https://funded.club) - [Pay-as-you-go](https://funded.club/pricing) - Membership plan FREE TOOL # Interview kit generator Pick a role, decide who interviews when, and print a kit for each interviewer: their questions, what a strong answer sounds like, the red flags, and a scorecard to fill in before the debrief. Built from our interview plans for 20 startup roles. Role Company Candidate (optional) Stages and interviewers (edit the names) Question themes (choose the stage for each) Questions per theme AllUp to 4Up to 3Up to 2 Show strong answers and red flags Add note lines under each question New page for each interviewer when printed Your interview kit Print or save as PDF Copy text Loading... Kit ready, no one to interview? A dedicated Funded.club recruiter screens candidates against this same scorecard and sends you the first ones within 7 days, for a low fixed fee agreed upfront, averaging 6 to 9% of salary. [Get a fixed-fee quote](https://funded.club/contact-us) ## Why every interviewer gets a different sheet The most common interview loop we see at early-stage startups has four people asking the candidate roughly the same questions. "Tell me about yourself", "why us", "what's your biggest weakness". At the debrief there are four opinions on whether the person is likeable and none on whether they can do the hard parts of the job. The fix is to split the job between the interviewers. Each theme on the role's scorecard is owned by one stage, and only that interviewer probes it in depth. Four interviews then give you four different pieces of evidence, and a gap in the evidence shows up as a gap on the scorecard rather than as a vague feeling. Step 1 Pick the role Stages and themes load from the role's interview plan Step 2 Give each theme an owner One stage per theme, so nothing is tested twice Step 3 Print one sheet each Questions, strong answers, red flags, note lines Step 4 Score alone, then debrief Scores go in before anyone talks ## A worked example: a product manager at a seed-stage startup Say a 12-person seed startup is hiring its first product manager, with the CEO, the lead engineer and the designer available to interview. With the generator set to the product manager role, the four themes from our [product manager interview questions](https://funded.club/blog/product-manager-interview-questions) can be split like this. | Stage | Interviewer | Theme they own | | --- | --- | --- | | Founder screen | CEO | Startup fit and the founder | | Product sense | CEO | Customer discovery | | Work sample presentation | CEO and lead engineer | Prioritisation and decisions, plus the work sample | | Team and references | Lead engineer and designer, then references | Working with engineering and design | The lead engineer and the designer now share a sheet built around the one thing they will judge best: how this person works with them day to day. The work sample stage carries the prioritisation questions, so the candidate defends real trade-offs in front of the people who would live with them. And the CEO, who would otherwise ask everything, keeps the two themes only a founder can judge. **The one rule that matters most:** every interviewer writes their scores on the sheet before the debrief starts. If the most senior person speaks first, everyone else's scores drift towards theirs, and you lose the independent read you set the loop up to get. ## Using the kit well Send each interviewer their sheet the day before, with the candidate's CV and the [job description](https://funded.club/job-description-builder). Ask for real examples before hypotheticals, and follow up twice on any answer that stays general. If you are still writing the ad, run it through the [job ad language checker](https://funded.club/job-ad-language-checker) first. Every role's full toolkit, including the scorecard and 30-60-90 day plan, is in the [startup hiring toolkits](https://funded.club/blog/startup-hiring-toolkits) hub, and all our calculators are on the [free hiring tools](https://funded.club/free-hiring-tools) page. ## Frequently asked questions ### How many interview stages should a startup use? Four is enough for most roles: a screen, a deep dive into past work, a practical session or work sample, and a final round with references. More stages rarely add evidence and slow you down while candidates take other offers. ### Can I change the questions? Yes. Copy the text version into your own document and edit it, or choose fewer questions per theme so interviewers have time to follow up. Two well-probed questions beat six rushed ones. ### Which roles does the generator cover? The same 20 roles as our job description builder, from CTO and engineers to product, design, sales, customer success, marketing and operations. Each kit is built from the role's interview questions page, so it stays in step with it. ### Can Funded.club run the first interviews for me? Yes. A dedicated recruiter runs the search end to end, screens candidates against your scorecard and sends you the first screened candidates within 7 days, for a fixed fee agreed upfront. See [pricing](https://funded.club/pricing). Worth a brief chat about your next hire? [Book a free call](https://funded.club/contact-us). [![Primary\_logo](https://funded.club/hubfs/funded-images2022/Primary_logo.svg)](https://funded.club) © 2019-2026 Funded.club B.V. All Rights Reserved. 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