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Most of the time I play "Hollow's Last Hope" to introduce players or just let them have a funny one-shot.
I played it many times now and always varied the encounters.
The last time, was the funniest. There I let my players have Lvl 3 Chars with 1 NPC/2 Class levels and 15 Point Buy. They could do combat, but had many Ranks and Feats fitting their profession/role in their living place.
It were:
Geopold Doughmaker - Dwarven Fighter 2/Expert 1 - a miner
Humphrey Ewington - Human Rogue 2/Aristocrat 1 - a merchant
Ser Quentin Everbrave Human Cleric 2/Warrior 1 - a really old priest/ex-knight
Diggle Dutydoodle - Halfling Ranger 2/Adept 1 - a vermin exterminator
If you like to build an adventure from scratch just do something simple.
Let the players have a straight-forward task.
For that they have to do a fighting encounter with minions they easily slay, a skill challenge, so that they can continue their way. After that you let them have an encounter a bit harder: fewer minions, more elites and in the end a last encounter with a boss indroducing a new mechanic, for example magic.
Tell me, if you need more precise suggestions.
Also, if you build the characters by yourself and handle them to your players, you can design the one-shot around these characters. So everyone has his/her special moment.
If you don't have any on hand, there are some free materials available here that are designed to be quick and easy to learn. I've run In Service To Lore part 1 before - it's a fairly good introductory piece, offers a wide variety of challenges, and can be easily covered in a 3-4 hour span. The Quests offered in the free materials are also a good introduction, and a little bit shorter than a full scenario. The Silverhex Chronicles, which are also available for free, give a good series of mini-adventures, so if you play with them again in the future, you can have more material to tie to their past adventures.
