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Maze Question Bank

Over 350 ready-to-go questions for your research projects.

Better questions, better research

Truly effective UX research is driven by unrelenting curiosity. When you ask the right questions, your research results yield actionable insights that inform better decisions and shape a user-centric product. Here at Maze, our goal has always been to provide you with tools to conduct quality research and get effective insights faster. Our latest offering is the Maze Question Bank: our attempt at the internet's best open-source question repository, so product teams can act on their curiosity and learning more quickly, and more often. The Question Bank is completely free to use, so you can bookmark it for later, use it as a jumping-off point for your own question planning, or save it to your own workspace and customize to fit your research project.

Ready-to-go

Ready-to-go

Hundreds of researcher-approved question templates, ready for rapid research and testing

Easy to duplicate

Easy to duplicate

Duplicate the database to your own Notion Workspace, export it as a spreadsheet, or bookmark it for later and modify as you like

Free to use

Free to use

Fully open-source, so you can start immediately and share with anyone

Fully customizable

Fully customizable

Modify the database to your liking, add your own questions or customize filters for your team’s research toolkit

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How to use it

Question
Full question including [fill in the blanks] for customization of factors like company, product, service, etc.

Tags
The broadest level taxonomy in relation to the question's noun, or subject matter objects, these are the real-world objects in a user's mental model that the question refers to.

Scenarios
The second level of taxonomy and in relationship with Tags, these uncover the core contents of the question's subject matter.

Sample Responses
Indicated by yes/no if sample response answers are included.

Follow-up questions
Indicated by yes/no if follow up questions are included.

Maze Block
Suggested test blocks best suited for the question in Maze.

Maze Template
Cited template name and link if the question is included in a Maze template.

Default view
See full database of questions without any filters applied.

Board view
See full database of questions grouped by Tags and Scenarios.

Tour the Question Bank

Tour the Question Bank

Walkthrough how to navigate the Maze Question Bank with Ash Oliver, Design & UX Research Advocate

Using the Question Bank with Maze

Using the Question Bank with Maze

As a Maze user, you can treat the Question Bank as a handy companion to help fuel your team's product research. Find links to applicable Maze templates throughout the database and get a head-start on your user research.

Best practices for asking questions

Best practices for asking questions

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