Present yourself and tell the user what to expect during the session. Something like:
<aside> 💡 Hello, thank you for being here. I'll start by introducing myself. I'm {name}, I'm a researcher (or designer) for {Company}. You are here today because we are interested in helping people {add your project's mission}, so your feedback is really important to us.
Bear in mind that we are not testing you, we are testing our product, there are no right or wrong answers, you can be completely honest and tell us what you think.
The interview will take approximately 45 to 60 minutes, if you need a break at any point just let me know.
Do you have any questions so far? Notice that I won't answer your questions during the interview because I'm really interested in what you think and what you would do if I was not here. But I'll be able to answer your questions at the end of the session.
[if testing a prototype] Today you are also going to use a device. Bear in mind that you are going to interact with a prototype, so it might not behave as expected and you can't input any data.
Just to let you know the session will be recorded if that's ok with you. It's just for internal use, we won't share it anywhere and we won't even store your name.
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