Is an user story totally a requirement from the user?

As a user... I want to .., so that... Here, we are collecting the requirement as a BA, and the user says the so that part while the BA understands and writes the As a user.. I want to.. part, some clarity on this would be nice. I am not sure which parts of the user story are gathered from the interview and which parts the BA incorporates from their own thinking. If the user story is totally a requirement from the user, should the BA ask the question so that the user says, "As a user, I want to... so that I can..." Is that correct? I am a bit confused cause would an user ever word it exactly as such.

Apr 12, 2025 - 17:41

As a user... I want to .., so that...
Here, we are collecting the requirement as a BA, and the user says the so that part while the BA understands and writes the As a user.. I want to.. part, some clarity on this would be nice.

I am not sure which parts of the user story are gathered from the interview and which parts the BA incorporates from their own thinking.

If the user story is totally a requirement from the user, should the BA ask the question so that the user says, "As a user, I want to... so that I can..." Is that correct? I am a bit confused cause would an user ever word it exactly as such.