About this template
A Candidate Experience Survey is essential for organizations looking to refine their hiring pipeline, attract top talent, and protect their employer brand. This comprehensive template collects honest feedback from job applicants regarding every touchpoint of the recruitment journey, from the initial application and scheduling to the interview itself.
The form gathers key insights on how candidates perceive your recruiters, communication timeliness, interview settings, and overall process clarity. By utilizing rating scales and open-ended text fields, applicants can easily quantify their satisfaction and provide detailed, constructive suggestions for improvement.
Using Doc2Form, you can instantly convert this template into a ready-to-use Google Form, allowing HR teams to automatically collect responses, analyze feedback trends in spreadsheets, and continuously elevate their candidate journey.
Key features
- Collect actionable feedback across every stage of the interview process
- Measure recruiter professionalism and communication effectiveness
- Evaluate candidate satisfaction with scheduling and interview environments
- Capture qualitative improvement suggestions with open-ended comments
- Instantly deployable as a fully customizable Google Form via Doc2Form
Use cases
Post-interview evaluations sent automatically to all interviewed cand…
Post-interview evaluations sent automatically to all interviewed candidates
Quarterly recruitment audits to identify bottlenecks in the hiring pi…
Quarterly recruitment audits to identify bottlenecks in the hiring pipeline
Measuring the impact of newly implemented remote or hybrid interview …
Measuring the impact of newly implemented remote or hybrid interview workflows
What this form collects
- Full Name (Short answer)Enter your first and last name.
- Email Address (Short answer)Where can we reach you if needed?
- Phone Number (Short answer)Include your country and area code if applying internationally.
- Position Applying For (Short answer)Specify the job title or role you interviewed for.
- Interview Date (Date)Select the date of your primary or final interview.
- Recruiter and HR Professionalism (Linear scale)Rate how professional, communicative, and supportive your recruiting contact was.
- Interview Process Clarity (Linear scale)How clear were the interview stages, expectations, and timelines communicated to you?
- Recruitment Office or Virtual Setup (Linear scale)Rate your experience with the interview environment (either our physical office or our video conferencing setup).
- Interview Start Time Status (Multiple choice)Did your interviews start on schedule?
- Net Promoter Score: Recommending Our Company (Linear scale)How likely are you to recommend our company as a great place to work to your peers?
- Overall Satisfaction Score (Multiple choice)How satisfied are you overall with your candidate journey with us?
- Hiring Process Improvement Feedback (Paragraph)What specific aspects of our recruitment process could we improve?
- Additional Comments (Paragraph)Please share any other thoughts, suggestions, or comments about your experience.
FAQ
Why should we measure candidate experience?
Candidate feedback highlights friction points in your hiring workflow, helping you attract higher-quality talent, reduce candidate drop-off, and protect your company's reputation.
When is the best time to send this survey?
It is best to send this survey shortly after the final interview stage or immediately following a hiring decision while the experience is still fresh in the candidate's mind.
Can I customize the questions in this Google Form template?
Yes. Once you generate the form through Doc2Form, you have full control in Google Forms to add, remove, or edit any questions to fit your company's hiring process.
Is candidate feedback kept anonymous?
You can choose whether to collect names and email addresses or keep responses anonymous to encourage more candid and honest feedback from applicants.
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