Interview questions generator

Pick the categories that matter, randomise the order, then print or copy the list. Made for sitting down with a parent or grandparent and recording the answers.

Import your own questions

Drop a CSV or JSON file with a `question` column (and optional `category`) to merge your own bank with the built-in set. Questions with no category are always shown, regardless of filter.

Drop a CSV or JSON file, or click to choose

50 questions

1.What's your earliest memory?
2.What was your favourite game or toy as a child?
3.Who was your best friend growing up, and what made them special?
4.What did your home smell like in the mornings?
5.What's the most trouble you ever got into as a kid?
6.Who was your favourite teacher, and why?
7.What did you want to be when you grew up?
8.What was your bedroom like?
9.What's a sound from your childhood you can still hear?
10.What was the rule in your house that you never understood?
11.Where did your family live when you were born?
12.Why did your parents (or grandparents) settle there?
13.Have you moved house? What made you move?
14.What's the longest journey you've ever taken?
15.If you could go back to one place from your childhood, where would it be?
16.What language was spoken at home?
17.Do you remember your first day in a new country or city?
18.Whose accent did you grow up hearing the most?
19.What's a place that feels more like home than home?
20.What did you bring with you when you moved that you still have today?
21.What's a meal that always makes you think of home?
22.Who was the best cook in your family?
23.What food do you wish you'd asked them to teach you?
24.What's a recipe that's been passed down to you?
25.What was your favourite meal as a kid?
26.What's something you only eat on special occasions?
27.What food do you remember from holidays or celebrations?
28.Was there ever a time when food was tight? What did you eat then?
29.What's a smell from a kitchen that takes you back?
30.What's a meal you've cooked that didn't go to plan?
31.How did your parents meet?
32.How did you meet your partner?
33.What's the best advice an elder ever gave you?
34.Who in your family taught you the most?
35.What do you wish you'd asked your grandparents?
36.What's a family tradition you hope continues?
37.Who in the family was the storyteller?
38.What do you most admire about your parents?
39.What's something your family does that no one else's family does?
40.Who in the family always made you laugh?
41.Who in your family do you most miss?
42.What's something you wish you could tell them now?
43.What's a possession that holds a memory you can't replace?
44.What do you remember of a relative who passed before you really knew them?
45.What's a regret you've been able to make peace with?
46.What's a sound, smell, or song that brings someone back to you?
47.What memory do you want to make sure isn't lost?
48.What story does your family always tell about an ancestor?
49.What's something an older relative said that has stayed with you?
50.How did your family handle hard times?

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