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Decision Process Questions How Bought Before Steps Approvals Timeline Past Projects

Build a set of discovery questions that uncover a prospect's actual decision process, approval steps, and past purchasing experience.

About this prompt

This prompt generates targeted questions designed to surface how a prospect has bought solutions like yours before — including the steps, approvals, stakeholders, and timeline involved in past purchasing decisions. It's built for AEs and SDRs conducting early-to-mid stage discovery on complex or multi-stakeholder deals. Use it before a call where you need to map the buying process without making it feel like an interrogation.

The prompt

Generate questions to map their decision process. Context: - Deal size: [VALUE] - Company size: [EMPLOYEES] - Typical sales cycle: [YOUR AVERAGE] Questions to understand: 1. How have they bought simil
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Variables to replace

VALUE | EMPLOYEES | YOUR AVERAGE

How to run it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Copilot — it's tuned to run in any of them.
  2. Replace the variables — swap each bracketed token for your deal's specifics. The variables list above explains every field.
  3. Make it yours — run it, keep what's strong, and tighten your inputs on the next pass. The prompt improves with your context.

What good output looks like

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StageDiscovery
SeatAE, SDR
DifficultyIntermediate
Time to valueSame-Day Use (under 30 min)
Works withAI-Agnostic
CategoryMeeting Prep & Discovery
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