Interview Informed Consent
Interview basics
This interview is run by the TEMPO project — a real-time voice AI training partner built for international students facing high-stakes English academic moments (thesis defense / committee meeting / job interview / academic talk / conference Q&A / first TA session, etc.). We're in the pre-launch user-research phase.
- Duration: about 30 minutes
- Format: video call or phone, time zone your choice
- Language: Chinese or English, whichever you're most comfortable in
- Interviewer: TEMPO's founder personally (not an AI, not anyone else on the team)
- Thank-you gift: $30 equivalent (Amazon gift card / PayPal / Wise transfer / WeChat / Alipay red packet — pick whatever works in your location)
What happens during the interview
Four main topic blocks:
- Your upcoming high-stakes English academic moment — what it is, when, what worries you
- How you're currently preparing (tools you've tried, people you've leaned on, self-study routines)
- Your honest take on the idea of "AI playing the opponent in your scenario"
- Your feedback on beta pricing ($19 / $39)
Near the end, you'll see an optional $9 Beta queue-ticket link — you're completely free not to buy it. Buying or not buying has no effect on the thank-you gift and no effect on how we rate your interview.
Recordings & how data is used
Recording
- We will ask for recording permission (so the founder can write accurate notes) — but it's not a precondition for the interview
- If you decline, the interview proceeds normally and the founder takes handwritten notes throughout
- Recordings go to the founder only — they never go to Otter, Zoom cloud, or any online collaboration tool, and are never shared with anyone
- Recordings are permanently destroyed within 2 weeks of the write-up being finished (deleted from local and cloud, including backups)
- Recordings are never used to train any AI model — including TEMPO's own
Notes
- Founder writes a 500–800 word interview write-up, de-identified: name / institution / specific paper title / any detail that directly identifies you is stripped out
- The notes are kept in founder's private git repo and used only for product decisions (GO/NO-GO call / which 3 personas to launch with / pricing calibration)
- Notes are not: published, sold, shared with investors / partners / anyone outside the team; they're never used for AI training
How your words get used
- Aggregation: your views get combined with those of 14–19 other interviewees and contribute as N=1 to the GO/NO-GO decision report
- Product shaping: e.g. if you say "the 3 weeks before my defense are peak anxiety", that might shape when TEMPO's onboarding triggers — but it won't be labeled as coming from you
- Individually quoting you by name: this only happens if the founder contacts you separately and gets your written consent afterward (e.g. for a future case study or marketing material). It doesn't happen by default
Your rights
- Stop any time: whenever you want to stop, just say "I want to stop" — the thank-you gift is still sent, no follow-up questions
- Decline any question: if a question feels too sensitive or you'd rather not answer, just say "skip" or "pass"
- Turn off recording mid-interview: if you change your mind mid-way, you can ask us to delete what's been recorded so far and switch to handwritten notes
- Withdraw consent: within 14 days of the interview, email founder@tempo-app.pro — we'll destroy your recording + notes and remove your contribution from the GO/NO-GO aggregation
- Review the notes: within 7 days of the interview, you can ask to see the draft write-up — if any phrasing is inaccurate, you can ask the founder to correct it
- Request all data we hold about you: email the same address to get a list of "all data you hold about me" (we honor GDPR / PIPL data-portability spirit even ahead of full compliance)
Relationship to the Privacy Policy
This consent form covers the interview phase only. Your data in other phases (survey answers, PayPal queue-ticket payment info) is governed by the Privacy Policy — the two documents have no conflicting commitments; the consent form just spells out the interview-specific practicalities in more detail.
Accepting the interview and starting the conversation = you've read and agree to the terms above. If anything on this page feels unacceptable before the interview starts (e.g. you don't want to be recorded, a particular topic should be entirely off-record, certain answers shouldn't enter the notes), just tell the founder directly — we can adjust line by line. Better to narrow the interview scope than have you participate with any discomfort.