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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

This week! Join us for a special live episode of the Awkward Silences podcast w/ ReOps guru Jared Forney on Thursday, June 16 at 1 pm ET 🔗 www.userinterviews.com/events/awkwa...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

What's the current sentiment around synthetic users? We surveyed 150 researchers to get a closer look in our latest analysis, The State of Synthetic Users 🔗 www.userinterviews.com/state-of-syn...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

NEW: Join us on Wednesday, May 27 to learn the fundamentals of research recruitment at our latest free virtual workshop, Participant Recruitment 101 🔗 www.userinterviews.com/research-par...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Better user interviews = stronger insights 💪 Gain a deeper understanding of the tenets of expert user interviews in our newest free workshop, The Science of User Interviews, taking place on April 22 🔗 Learn more + register: www.userinterviews.com/science-of-u...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

NEW: On March 31, Research leaders Lindsey DeWitt Prat and Kaleb Loosbrock tackle how we evaluate AI tools across the research pipeline, including an intro to the new “research risk cascade” 🔗 Register for the virtual event: www.userinterviews.com/events/evalu...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

NOW ARRIVING: The 2026 UX Research Tools Map 🚆 All aboard for our latest visual guide to the UXR tools landscape (+ a filterable database of ~800 UX tools available for download!) 🔗 userinterviews.com/ux-research-...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

How do you scale AI responsibly in research? Join us on 3/4 at 1 pm ET as we discuss the topic and IRL workflows with the experts at Sago 🔗 Register: www.userinterviews.com/events/scali...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

We analyzed >20K salaries across UX Research, Product, and Design to see how they compare across titles, seniority, and geographies How does your salary stack up? Find out now ⤵️ 🔗 www.userinterviews.com/ux-salary-re...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

⏳Coming Soon: AI Context Engineering for Research Join our newest, FREE-est live workshop on Feb. 17 that will help you prompt with purpose like the pros 💪 🔗 www.userinterviews.com/ai-context-e...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Research Participant Recruitment is rapidly changing, but is your strategy remaining the same? See The Modern Guide to Research Participant Recruitment for an understanding of the landscape, new challenges, and how to get in front of them today 🔗 www.userinterviews.com/participant-...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

New Workshop Incoming: 🎨Visual Design for Research Join our FREE workshop led by expert Sahar Chung on 1/20 at 11 AM ET, where you'll learn how to leverage design principles to better communicate w/ stakeholders & create lasting impact💥 Registration🔗 www.userinterviews.com/visual-desig...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

✨Just dropped: The State of Research Operations Report We heard from 21 ReOps professionals about how AI, demand, and quality expectations are reshaping the work 📊 Check out the full report now: www.userinterviews.com/state-of-res...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Ready to put your screener survey to the test? See for yourself with Grade My Screener, a free new tool that grades your survey A–F and shows you exactly how to make it better. 👉 www.userinterviews.com/screener-sur...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

✨Just dropped: The State of Research Strategy Report This report reveals how research teams actually drive impact, with insights on team structures, operational practices, maturity, and strategy. 📊 Check out the full report now: www.userinterviews.com/state-of-res...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Our third Research Horror Story is here! Sign up for our newsletter to get all 4 www.userinterviews.com/research-hor...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

🎃 What's your nightmare research scenario? Check out our new Research Horror Stories page and submit yours for a chance to turn it into a poster like the ones you see here www.userinterviews.com/research-hor...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

New: Access all of our free research 🎓 courses in one place with the new UI Research Course hub ➡️ www.userinterviews.com/research-cou...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

✨Special Virtual Event✨ Awkward Silences is back live on Oct. 15! We'll be talking about the importance of qualitative research in an age of AI w/ Nancy Baum of C+R Research Save your spot: www.userinterviews.com/events/awkwa...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

5 sessions 7 speakers 100s of your peers giving immaculate vibes 1 day all about YOU Join us for the 3rd annual YouX virtual event on 10/29 from 12-5 pm ET www.userinterviews.com/youx

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

🎙️Awkward Silences Special Release: Research Ops 2.0 We're excited to partner with Cha Cha Club for a new documentary series that explores the past, present, and future of research operations, as told by the people who've been there from the very beginning. Listen at podcast.userinterviews.com

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

That's a wrap 🎁 on AI for User Research 101! Didn't get a chance to attend live? We've made the full course available on demand Register to get materials sent straight to your inbox ⤵️ www.userinterviews.com/ai-research-...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Free UX Research Tools to support your next project, all in one place ✨ Check out our new Research Tools Hub ⤵️ www.userinterviews.com/research-tools #ux #research #calculators #methods #incentives #samplesize

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

How do I calculate the impact of my UX research efforts? We've created a new (and free!) UX ROI & Impact Calculator to help you get to that answer faster⚡ Give it a try now: www.userinterviews.com/ux-roi-calcu...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Coming soon: AI 🤖 for User Research 101 Save your spot for our newest free course (space is limited!) www.userinterviews.com/ai-research-...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Tomorrow: We're examining the state of research budgets 💸 live! Join us on 6/11 at 1 p.m. ET as we unpack our 2025 Research Budget Report data w/ senior UXR experts Adelina Longoria, Olivier Thereaux, & report author Elizabeth Steelman Save your spot: www.userinterviews.com/events/exami...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

What should UX Design's role be in user research? See our chart below and read our full guide on Fresh Views www.userinterviews.com/blog/user-re...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Don't miss your chance to sign up for our free User Research 101 🎓 course, which starts tomorrow, April 23! Register www.userinterviews.com/user-researc... In the meantime, get the lowdown from our instructor, Senior UXR Eniola Abioye of Meta 👇

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

New: We just rolled out a new Research Ethics Template for UX research, which includes pre-research ethics considerations across: ✅ Informed Consent ✅ Data Privacy ✅ Compliance ✅ Participant Care Get the free template: www.userinterviews.com/free-researc...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Surprise 🎉 We’re running back our *free* User Research 101 course live! Senior UXR Eniola Abioye of Meta + UX Outloud returns as instructor for two sessions on 4/23 and 4/30 to equip you with all of the fundamentals of strong 💪 user research Save your spot ➡️ userinterviews.com/user-researc...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

New on Awkward Silences, the Head of UX Research for Microsoft AI reflects on a decade studying LLMs ⤵️

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

AI 🤖 moderation has been on our radar recently, so we polled our community to see how they are thinking about it in their day-to-day. Here's what >150 respondents — from #UXR pros and #UX designers, to other PwDR — said:

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Just released: An Early Adopter's Guide to AI Moderation in #UXR Get first-hand insights into this rising research method + download your free #AI toolkit to hit the ground running 🏃 www.userinterviews.com/ai-moderatio...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

New pod alert 🚨: Michael Margolis, UX Research Partner at GV, joins Awkward Silences to discuss how to "Learn More Faster"

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

This week on Awkward Silences, Brett Krajewski of Accelerant Research covers the gamut of design thinking and user research, including how #UX researchers can more effectively transform their insights into action 💥

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

New UX Template: Findings Summary ✅ Help your team more easily (and quickly) apply your research insights! We recommend using it as the "appetizer" to the full report/share-out "main course"

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Read all about it (and explore the latest data) in part two of our report: www.userinterviews.com/user-researc...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

What does it mean to build "Product Sense" as a UXR? Our new Product x Research Collaboration report delves into the concept, based on in-depth interviews with 150 professionals across the product lifecycle

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Learn the steps for achieving each of these in part two of our Product x Research Collaboration Report, in partnership with HEARD www.userinterviews.com/user-researc...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

🗣️ Don't bury the lead when sharing insights with your stakeholders! The best way to keep them engaged is by sharing the most relevant information up front, 📈 Business 101 for Researchers instructor Eniola Abioye shares during our second session

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

"Research Ops, in my opinion, is never going to be out of a job." U.S. Bank's VP, UX Design Research Operation Graham Gardner joins Awkward Silences to talk change management, including the vital role ReOps plays in better outcomes

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

We recently welcomed #UXR expert and educator Nikki Anderson to the ☎️ UX Hotline last week, where she answered burning questions from the people who do research, including this one ⬇️ on the makings of a impactful usability test

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Stakeholder communications appear to be the strongest AI use case among Research and ReOps pros, a critical piece of showing the ROI of research (a topic we've been hearing a *lot* about in recent years)

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

AI has also led to faster interview transcription, but we already knew that right? What's emerging is the use of AI for data cleaning and structuring (friendly reminder that uploading PII into public LLMs is not advised!)

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Researchers are using AI to automate some of the more tedious parts of recruitment, such as writing email copy and subject lines, while others are using it for more in-depth processes such as screener survey validation.

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Surprise! We've put together a Minimum Viable Research guide, full of tips and templates to help get your next research project off the ground in a snap 💥 www.userinterviews.com/downloads/mi...

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

The UX Hotline ☎️ is heating up! Join us on 12/12 at 12 p.m. ET as Nikki Anderson, Founder of The User Research Strategist, will be answering your 🔥questions about designing, collecting, analyzing, and applying user insights live. Save your spot ➡️ www.userinterviews.com/events/pwdr-...

UX Hotline virtual event from User Interviews featuring Nikki Anderson of The User Experience Strategist

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

📣 Calling all #product folks! If your work or partner with researchers, please consider participating in our study We’re teaming up with our friends at HEARD by Elis to learn how these two departments can forge better user experience outcomes via collaboration. 🔗 userintervie.ws/48Ydd4x

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

The guide also includes a comprehensive PDF map📍of all 828 logos across #Design, #Product, and #UXResearch tools (shown ⬇️)

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User Interviews @userinterviews.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Take a peek 👀 inside the 2024 UX Tools Map Traveler's Guide

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