No Seeding
Also known as: Priming, Context Bias, Framing Bias
The rule prohibiting any framing of the interview context before questioning begins.
Full Definition
When an interviewer provides context, background, or a research topic before asking questions, interviewees respond within that frame rather than sharing their own unprompted reality. The result is false convergence — responses cluster around the interviewer's framing rather than reflecting genuine experience. The correct approach is to open with a broad behavioral question immediately after a minimal introduction.
Example
An interviewer says 'I'm studying challenges in robotic-assisted surgery — what do you find most difficult?' The interviewee now answers within the robotic surgery frame, even if their actual biggest challenge is something entirely different.