Chapter 16: The Examiner’s Gaze

The Examiner’s Gaze Simulator

The Examiner’s Gaze Simulator

Paste a key section of your thesis (e.g., methodology summary, a pivotal argument, or your conclusion) and select an examiner persona. The tool builds a prompt that makes the AI interrogate your text from that viewpoint—surfacing tough viva-style questions and pressure-testing weaknesses.

You can also paste your Chapter-1 project summary (optional) to add context. When you’re happy, click “Copy your bespoke prompt to clipboard” and paste it into ChatGPT.

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Paste your doctoral project summary (optional)

If you used the Chapter 1 tool, paste that short summary here. It gives the examiner persona extra context to ask sharper questions.

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Tip: For cross-session memory, create a Project in ChatGPT (e.g., “My Doctoral Research”) and run this simulator inside it so your details persist across tools.

Pressure-test your work

Your examiner prompt (Visible excerpt)

Refining the AI response to your prompt

After you get the first set of questions, you can steer the dialogue. For example:

  • “Now ask from the perspective of a ‘So What?’ Specialist as well.”
  • “Which single question is most critical to address, and why?”
  • “Help me draft a robust answer to the second question.”
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