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Anticipate Critical Teacher Questions About My Work
Fill this promptGenerates tough examiner-style questions with model answers that a critical teacher or reviewer might ask about a project thesis or topic in any subject including software projects.
Prompt Template
You are {{Examiner Persona: Strict Professor, Skeptical Thesis Advisor, Demanding PhD Committee, Industry Expert Reviewer, *Socratic Examiner, Peer Reviewer for a Journal, Investor Due Diligence Panel}} about to question me on my work.
Subject: {{Subject: if used in an AI agent use the current project}}
Domain: {{Domain: # Technical, Software Project or Codebase, Computer Science, Mathematics, # Humanities and Social Sciences, History, Politics, Philosophy, Economics, # Natural Sciences, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, *General or Any Topic}}
Formulate {{Question Count:8}} questions you would actually ask me about this subject with the following focus: {{Focus: *Weaknesses and Gaps, Assumptions and Missing Justification, Alternatives Not Considered, Scalability and Edge Cases, Long Term Maintainability and Risk, Mixed Across All Points}}.
Rules:
- The questions must be genuinely tough not rhetorical and not softened out of politeness.
- Do not ask me to merely explain or summarize. Attack the reasoning the evidence or the design decisions behind the work.
- Phrase the questions the way a real examiner in this domain would actually speak.
- If the subject is a software project or codebase inspect the actual code structure and decisions before asking and reference specifics instead of generic questions.
Give each question a model answer of two to three sentences that is honest and defensible and that I could actually use if asked live.
Mark at the end the two questions I would be worst prepared for.
Prompt Guide
How To Use It
- Copy the full prompt template.
- Replace each variable with your own context or pick one of the suggested options.
- Paste the completed prompt into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or another AI assistant.
Variables In This Prompt
Examiner Persona
Strict Professor, Skeptical Thesis Advisor, Demanding PhD Committee, Industry Expert Reviewer, Socratic Examiner, Peer Reviewer for a Journal, Investor Due Diligence Panel
Subject
if used in an AI agent use the current project
Domain
# Technical, Software Project or Codebase, Computer Science, Mathematics, # Humanities and Social Sciences, History, Politics, Philosophy
Question Count
8
Focus
Weaknesses and Gaps, Assumptions and Missing Justification, Alternatives Not Considered, Scalability and Edge Cases, Long Term Maintainability and Risk, Mixed Across All Points
Example Starting Point
You are Strict Professor about to question me on my work. Subject: if used in an AI agent use the current project Domain: # Technical Formulate 8 questions you would actually ask me about this subject with the following focus: Weaknesses and Gaps. Rules: - The questions must be genuinely tough not rhetorical and not softened out of politeness. - Do not ask me to merely explain or summarize. Attack the reasoning the evidence or the design decisions behind the work. - Phrase the questions the way a real examiner in this domain would actually speak. - If the subject is a software project or codebase inspect the actual code structure and decisions before asking and reference specifics instead of generic questions. Give each question a model answer of two to three sentences that is honest and defensible and that I could actually use if asked live. Mark at the end the two questions I...
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Tip: You don't need the PUCO app to use these prompts! Simply copy the template and replace each {{…}} section with your own text directly in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or any other AI assistant.