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Plate TOOL·016 · ToolGrid F3 · Rev. 2026-08-14

User Interviews

Participant recruitment from a panel, plus tooling for managing your own participant pool.

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Definition

A recruitment platform for sourcing research participants by criteria, handling screening, scheduling and incentives. Also supports recruiting from your own customer list.

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Good for

  • Recruiting outside your user base
  • Screening and scheduling
  • Incentive handling

Watch out for

Panel participants are professional research subjects, which introduces its own selection effects. Screen carefully for genuine domain fit.

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Often used with

These usually appear in the same screen or the same decision.

Nearby in the Atlas

Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.

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