interview-facilitationlisted

# Interview Facilitation > A swarm interview is choreography, not free-for-all. Without structure, six personas talking at once is six monologues. With structure, it's a roundtable. This skill covers the *interview arc* — how the swarm's questions are sequenced, how depth and breadth trade off, and how the user is given enough air to think between rounds. ## Core principle **Diverge first, converge last.** The first round of questions should open the topic from many angles (each persona surfacing different concerns). The closing round should narrow to specific decisions. In between, the orchestrator decides whether one or two areas need deeper probing. ## The three-phase arc A well-facilitated swarm interview has three phases: ### Phase 1 — Divergent opening (one swarm round) All personas spawn in parallel. Each surfaces their core questions, concerns, and observations. The user receives a synthesis covering breadth across all spawned personas. This is the only round many brainstorms need. For a focused decision, opening + synthesis is sometimes enough. ### Phase 2 — Targeted probing (optional second round) If synthesis surfaced 1-2 areas of significant disagreement or critical open questions, spawn a focused second round with just the personas in tension on those specific issues. Examples: - "Round 1 PM said 'ship default-on'; Skeptic said 'opt-in is safer'. Round 2: spawn just PM and Skeptic to argue this specific point." - "Round 1 Pre-Mortem named a critical f