Probe Picker

Leading or Open?

sort before you ask

Six interview questions from one topic, all mixed up below. Click a question, then click the bin you think it belongs in — leading, closed, or genuinely open — and work through the whole set before you check your sorting.

Round 1 of 6

Context

Select a question below, then tap the bin it belongs in.

Leading

presumes an answer

Closed

narrows to yes/no

Open

invites a full account

Leading — the question presumes an answer or a feeling before the participant has said it. · Closed — answerable in a word or a number; doesn't invite elaboration. · Open — invites the participant to describe, in their own terms, something that could go several ways.