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Usability test questions for an MVP

What to ask before, between and after the tasks

Question bank for usability testing an MVP: two questions before the tasks, three after each task, and three at the end of the session.
Ask the after-task questions every time, in the same words, so you can compare people

Eight questions a founder can use in a first usability test of an MVP or prototype, grouped by when to ask them. The opening questions show what people compare you with, the after-task questions find where they hesitated, and the closing questions surface what nearly made them quit. Keep the wording the same for everyone. In Koji you can add these as questions around each task, and the interviewer asks follow-ups on the answers.

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What's in this question bank

Before the tasks

  1. How do you handle this today?
  2. When did you last do it, and what did you use?

After each task

  1. What did you expect to happen when you started?
  2. Where did you hesitate, and what were you looking for?
  3. How easy or hard was that, from very hard to very easy?

At the end

  1. What nearly made you give up?
  2. If you could change one thing first, what would it be?
  3. How would you describe what this does to a colleague?

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