Candidate Experience Survey Form Template
Enhance your hiring process with actionable feedback
Collecting feedback can be daunting, but improving your candidate experience shouldn't be. Our candidate experience survey template helps you gather valuable insights from applicants about their journey during the hiring process. With this template, you can identify areas for improvement, boost applicant satisfaction, and enhance your employer brand. Easily customize questions, engage with prospective talent, and foster a positive recruitment atmosphere. Explore the live template now to streamline your feedback collection.
When to use this form
Use this survey after each key stage: application, screening, interview, and decision. You capture fresh feedback while it is top of mind and see what to fix next, from unclear job posts to slow replies or tricky scheduling. Talent acquisition, recruiters, and hiring managers all benefit from clear, comparable data. Send it to finalists, declined candidates, and new hires to spot gaps by stage. For quick sentiment with a simple scale, pair it with the Rate your experience form. If you treat recruiting like a service channel, benchmark touchpoints using the Customer service survey form. The result: fewer drop-offs, faster hiring, and a stronger reputation.
Must Ask Candidate Experience Survey Questions
- How clear was the job description and the role expectations?
Clarity at the start reduces mismatched interviews and rework. Your answers show where to improve the posting, must-have skills, and day-to-day responsibilities.
- How satisfied were you with communication quality and speed during the process?
This reveals whether updates, next steps, and timelines met your needs. Use the insights to set response-time SLAs and improve message templates.
- How respectful and prepared were your interviewers?
Ratings here point to coaching needs, interviewer training, or better interview guides. Improving this area boosts fairness and candidate trust.
- Was the process length and scheduling reasonable for you?
Time-to-schedule and total duration affect drop-off rates. Your feedback helps remove delays, combine steps, or offer flexible slots.
- How likely are you to recommend applying here to a friend or colleague? Why?
This gives you a simple loyalty signal you can trend over time. Track it with a net promoter item similar to the Net promoter score form and pair it with an open comment to learn why.
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