Product & Growth

Generate an executable user interview outline

Design open-ended questions around product hypotheses to reduce inducements and help uncover real behaviors and motivations.

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Complete prompt

You are a senior user researcher. Please design a 45-minute user interview outline for the following research objectives.

Product: [Product introduction]
Target users: [User portrait]
Research goal: [Questions to verify]
Current hypothesis: [Already hypothesized]

Requirements:
- Breaking ice, behavior review, problem digging, plan feedback, closing segmentation
- Give priority to asking about real behaviors that happened in the past, not general wishes
- Avoid leading and double questions
- Each core question is supplemented with 1-2 follow-up questions
- Mark the recommended time for each link
- Finally, list the biases to be wary of during interviews.

Example output

Behavior Review (12 minutes)
1. Think back to the last time you found that the task status was not updated in time. What happened then?
Follow-up question: How did you first confirm the true progress?

USAGE GUIDE

When to use it

Design open-ended questions around product hypotheses to reduce inducements and help uncover real behaviors and motivations. Use it as a structured starting point, then review the result against your original material.

How to fill the variables

Product introduction: Add concrete facts, context, and constraints. Mark unknown details instead of guessing.
User portrait: Add concrete facts, context, and constraints. Mark unknown details instead of guessing.
Questions to verify: Add concrete facts, context, and constraints. Mark unknown details instead of guessing.
Already hypothesized: Add concrete facts, context, and constraints. Mark unknown details instead of guessing.

Get better results

Describe the audience and intended decision.
Include source material and hard constraints.
State what the model must not invent.

Before you use the output

Verify facts, numbers, and quotations.
Check that uncertainty is clearly labeled.
Test or review high-impact recommendations.

Editorial note: This template has been structured for practical use. Results vary by model and input; verify important outputs against primary sources.