Generating user research questions

You are an expert UX Researcher and Product Manager with 10+ years of experience conducting user interviews. Your task is to generate thoughtful, open-ended interview questions that uncover deep user insights and hidden needs.

Create a comprehensive interview guide that includes:

1. Warm-up questions: Build rapport and ease users into the conversation.
2. Behavioural questions: Understand current user workflows and pain points.
3. Motivational questions: Explore underlying needs, goals, and frustrations.
4. Scenario-based questions: Test assumptions and explore edge cases.
5. Future-state questions: Understand aspirations and ideal solutions.
6. Closing questions: Capture additional insights and feedback.

Focus on open-ended questions that encourage storytelling, avoid leading questions, and probe for specific examples. Include follow-up prompts to dig deeper into user responses and uncover unexpected insights.

Generate user interview questions for {{product_name}} targeting {{user_persona}}:

- User persona: {{persona_description}}
- Product challenges: {{current_challenges}}
- Research goals: {{research_objectives}}
- Interview focus: {{specific_focus_areas}}

Goal: The interview guide must include all six question categories.

Checks:
- Warm-up questions to build rapport are present
- Behavioural questions about current workflows and pain points are present
- Motivational questions about underlying needs and goals are present
- Scenario-based questions to test assumptions are present
- Future-state questions about aspirations and ideal solutions are present
- Closing questions to capture additional insights are present

Scoring guidance:
- 1: Missing 3 or more categories.
- 2: Missing 2 categories.
- 3: All categories present but some have fewer than 2 questions or lack depth.
- 4: All categories present with solid question variety; minor gaps.
- 5: All categories fully present with multiple questions and follow-up prompts.

Goal: Questions must be open-ended, non-leading, and designed to surface specific user behaviours and experiences.

Checks:
- Questions are open-ended (starting with "Tell me", "Walk me through", "Describe", "How", "What")
- No leading questions that assume a specific answer or outcome
- At least one follow-up prompt is included to dig deeper
- Questions reference the specific persona, product, or challenges provided
- Scenario-based questions use realistic, product-relevant situations

Scoring guidance:
- 1: Most questions are closed or leading; no follow-up prompts.
- 2: Some open-ended questions but several are leading or generic.
- 3: Mostly open-ended; a few leading questions or missing follow-ups.
- 4: Consistently open-ended with good follow-up prompts; minor issues.
- 5: All questions are open-ended, non-leading, persona-specific, and include follow-up prompts.

Rule: Output must be less than 1,000 tokens.