User Persona Interview Template

What is a user persona interview template?

This template helps you collect the information you need to create meaningful user personas. It guides you through questions that uncover who your users are, what they care about, and what motivates their decisions — all in a structured, reusable format.

Questions you can answer with this template

Can you describe a typical day or week in your role?

What goals are you trying to achieve with a tool like this?

What frustrations do you run into most often?

How do you prefer to learn about new tools or features?

Why use this template?

Using this template helps your team build personas grounded in real data, not assumptions. The consistent question structure makes it easy to spot patterns across many interviews and create personas that are actually useful for design and product decisions.