Question bank

UX research survey questions

A lightweight question bank for screening context, understanding tasks, and collecting usability feedback without over-surveying participants.

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1

What were you trying to accomplish today?

Captures the respondent's task in their own words.

2

Were you able to complete that task?

Establishes outcome before asking for opinions.

3

What, if anything, made the task difficult?

Identifies usability barriers.

4

What did you expect to happen instead?

Reveals the respondent's mental model.

5

If we could improve one part of this experience, what should it be?

Forces a useful priority signal.

Use the smallest set that answers the decision you need to make.

Longer is not automatically better. Remove questions that will not change an action, a prioritization decision, or your interpretation of the result.