Grilling

Also called: grill me, grill, interview me, Socratic questioning, grilling session

Having an agent question you one decision at a time until the plan is clear, before any building starts. It brings out the gaps an agent would otherwise fill with guesses, and the answers often become a spec.

For example: Before building a waitlist, a founder asks the agent to grill her, and it asks twelve questions, including what happens when the list is full.