User interview guide
OfficialOfficial · updated Nov 4, 2026 · v1.0.3
Writes a user interview guide with a screener, warm-up, past-behavior questions with no hypotheticals or leading, probes, and a wrap-up.
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When to use it
- You're planning customer interviews or discovery calls and need questions
- Your draft questions ask "would you" and you want them fixed
What you give it
- Research question or decision
- Who to interview
- Interview length (optional)
What you get
A timed interview guide: learning goals, screener table, intro script, core questions with probes, wrap-up, and rewritten bad questions.
Changelog
- v1.0.3 · Nov 4, 2026 · Example: the rewrite of "How much would you pay for this?" is "How much did you spend on this last year, and on what?", an open past-behavior question, since step 5 rewrites yes/no questions.
- v1.0.2 · Nov 4, 2026 · Step 4 splits the core time evenly across the learning goals (about 23 minutes in 30, 5 to 8 per goal) and Common mistakes sets 1 or 2 core questions per goal, so both match the example's 23 minutes and 5 questions for 3 goals.
- v1.0.1 · Nov 4, 2026 · Example: timings add up to 30 minutes, every core question has 2 probes, and the yes/no question is now 'In the last year, how many invoices were never paid?'.
- v1.0.0 · Nov 4, 2026 · First release.
Sources
- User Interviews 101 - NN/G (2026-11-04)
- A Primer on Talking to Customers From Rob Fitzpatrick's The Mom Test (2026-11-04)
- The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick (2026-11-04)
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