Individual Interviews
Schedule every session, repeat the same framing, revisit notes, and manually compare interviews.
Use Case · Exploratory Interviews
Explore in DepthRemotely
The depth of an exploratory interview, without scheduling every interview individually.
- Frame the topic
- Build the guide
- Follow up remotely
- Analyze verbatims
Scale the Exploration
Explore Without the Logistics
The guide stays open and supervised. What changes is how it is delivered and how the collected material is brought together.
With Harmate
Share a common protocol, deepen incomplete answers, and recover themes alongside their original verbatims.
When to Use It
When should you use it?
This format is useful when the starting question is clear but the possible answers should not be constrained to predefined boxes.
Prepare a Research Project
Surface themes, wording, and uncertainty before a confirmatory phase.
Understand a Field
Collect experiences, constraints, and reasoning from participants across locations.
Explore a Need
Understand what blocks progress, what matters, and what remains outside the initial hypotheses.
Compare Perspectives
Surface convergence, differences, and verbatims without erasing individual answers.
The Harmate Journey
From Guide to Verbatims
Each stage keeps a distinct methodological role, from protocol preparation to result review.
Step 01
Frame
Define the objective, audience, and themes to explore with the assistant.
Step 02
Review
Review questions, burden, and wording risks before distribution.
Step 03
Deepen
Follow-ups ask for clarification when the defined criterion is not yet covered.
Step 04
Interpret
Analyze themes and return to verbatims before retaining a conclusion.
Capabilities in Use
The Harmate Capabilities at Work
Remote exploratory interviewing combines capabilities already available in Harmate, without creating a separate tool.
AI Assistant
To frame and revise the guide.
Open Questions
To leave room for unexpected answers.
Real Mode
To share the guide with real participants.
Dashboards
To review themes, signals, and source answers.
What You Get
Comparable, Reviewable Results
Outputs support deeper research and prepare the next step; they do not automatically produce a definitive truth.
A Shared Protocol
The same starting framework for every participant.
Deeper Answers
Requested clarifications remain attached to the initial answer.
A Cross-Participant Reading
Recurring themes and differences become easier to explore.
Reviewable Evidence
Every interpretation can be checked against the original verbatims.
Run Your Guide Remotely
Start with your research question, build the guide, and then review what participants actually express.