360 Multi-Rater Feedback: Competencies, Strengths & Development
A structured 360-degree feedback instrument for peers, managers, and cross-functional partners to assess colleague competencies, identify strengths, and surface development priorities. Designed for any team seeking actionable, confidential multi-rater insights.
Sample questions
A preview of what’s in the template. Every question is editable before you launch.
Which best describes your current working relationship with this colleague?
- I manage them
- They manage me
- Peer on my team
- Cross-functional partner
- Project collaborator (short-term)
- Other (please specify)
The following questions ask you to rate this colleague on key workplace competencies based on your observations over the last 3 months. Please answer based on what you have personally observed.
Rank the following areas from this colleague's greatest strength (1st) to least strength.
- Communication
- Reliability and execution
- Problem-solving and initiative
- Collaboration
- Adaptability
- Accountability
- Stakeholder management
- Strategic thinking
How would you rate this colleague's overall impact on team outcomes in the last 3 months?
This section uses a 'Start, Stop, Continue' framework. Please share specific, constructive observations.
How likely would you be to choose to work with this colleague again on a future project?
What is your current role level?
- Individual contributor
- People manager
- Executive / senior leader
- Other
Thank you for your feedback. Your insights will directly support your colleague's development and growth. As a reminder, your responses are confidential and will be shared in aggregate only. No individual responses will be attributed to you.
How long have you worked with this colleague?
- Less than 1 month
- 1–3 months
- 3–6 months
- 6–12 months
- 1–2 years
- More than 2 years
Overall, how effective is this colleague in their current role?
Which areas would most benefit from this colleague's development in the next 3–6 months? (Select up to 3)
- Customer understanding
- Analytical skills
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Prioritization and focus
- Stakeholder management
- Project execution
- Process improvement
- Leadership and mentoring
- Other (please specify)
Briefly describe a recent example where this colleague made a meaningful impact on the team or business.
What is one thing this colleague should definitely continue doing?
Based on the feedback you've shared throughout this survey, is there anything else you'd like to add about this colleague's strengths, areas for growth, or how they could have an even greater impact?
What is your primary function?
- Product
- Engineering
- Data / Analytics
- Design / UX
- Marketing
- Sales
- Operations / Customer Support
- Finance / Legal / HR
- Other
How often do you currently collaborate with this colleague?
- Daily
- A few times per week
- Weekly
- A few times per month
- Less than monthly
This colleague communicates ideas clearly and effectively.
What is one thing this colleague should start doing to improve?
How long have you been at the company?
- Less than 3 months
- 3–12 months
- 1–2 years
- 3–5 years
- More than 5 years
This colleague delivers high-quality work on time.
What is one thing this colleague should stop doing?
This colleague takes initiative and solves problems proactively.
What support or resources would most help this colleague grow?
This colleague collaborates well across teams and functions.
This colleague adapts quickly to changing priorities or new information.
This colleague gives and receives feedback constructively.
This colleague demonstrates accountability for their commitments and results.
What’s included
AI follow-ups
Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.
Attention checks
Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.
AI-drafted copy
Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.
Auto report
Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.
How it compares
We reviewed the closest templates from other survey tools. Here’s what they do well — and where this template goes further.
Why this template
- Combines structured rating scales (role effectiveness, communication, quality, initiative, collaboration, adaptability, feedback, accountability) with a ranking question to surface relative strengths, not just averages
- Uses a 'Start, Stop, Continue' open-text framework to generate concrete, actionable development suggestions rather than generic ratings
- Closes with an AI follow-up interview that adaptively probes any rater's earlier answers for specifics, so nuance isn't lost to a static form
- Captures rater context (relationship, tenure, collaboration frequency, role level, function) so results can be segmented and reported automatically
Jotform
Professional Development Feedback Survey Form TemplateA fielding-ready form focused on individual professional development feedback rather than structured multi-rater (peer/manager/cross-functional) 360 assessment. Good for quick, general feedback collection but lacks the ranking, strength/development-area, and Start-Stop-Continue structure of a true 360 instrument. Easy to customize visually via Jotform's form builder.
What it does well
- Simple, quick-to-deploy form builder
- Customizable fields and branding
- Broad templates library for HR use cases
Where it falls short
- No adaptive follow-up questioning — fixed static question set
- Not built as a multi-rater 360 instrument with role/relationship segmentation
- No published scoring or quality methodology for open responses
Typeform
Professional Development Feedback Survey TemplateA conversational-style form aimed at general professional development feedback, not specifically a peer/manager/cross-functional 360 review. Typeform's format is engaging and mobile-friendly, but the template appears to be a single-rater feedback flow rather than a full multi-rater competency assessment with ranking and development-area selection.
What it does well
- Polished, conversational one-question-at-a-time UI
- Mobile-friendly, visually engaging design
- Easy embedding and sharing
Where it falls short
- No adaptive AI probing on open-ended answers
- Not structured for multi-rater (peer/manager/cross-functional) collection with rater-role segmentation
- No transparent scoring methodology for qualitative responses
SurveySparrow
Manager 360 Feedback TemplateA genuinely comparable 360-degree feedback template, though scoped specifically to manager evaluation rather than general colleague-to-colleague multi-rater feedback across peers and cross-functional partners. Likely covers competency ratings similar to ours, but as a static form without adaptive interviewing or automated quality scoring of open-text responses.
What it does well
- Purpose-built 360 feedback format
- Conversational survey style with branching logic options
- Established templates for manager-focused HR review cycles
Where it falls short
- Static question flow — no adaptive AI follow-up interview to dig into vague answers
- No published per-response quality scoring for open-text feedback
- Scoped to manager feedback rather than broader peer/cross-functional 360 coverage
Frequently asked questions
What questions are in the “360 Multi-Rater Feedback: Competencies, Strengths & Development” template?
The template includes 28 ready-to-use questions, starting with: “Welcome to the 360 Feedback Survey. Thank you for taking the time to share candid, constructive feedback to help your c…” · “Which best describes your current working relationship with this colleague?” · “The following questions ask you to rate this colleague on key workplace competencies based on your observations over the…”. The full set is previewed above, and every question is editable.
How long does this survey take to complete?
Respondents typically finish the 28 questions in about 12 minutes.
Can I customize this template?
Yes — every question, answer option, and the ordering is editable before you launch. You can add or remove questions, or ask the AI editor to rework the survey around your research goal.
Is this template free to use?
Yes. Open it in the editor and start customizing right away — no account required to try it, and the free plan covers launching your survey.
Ready to launch?
Open this template in the editor. Every part is yours to change before the first respondent sees it.
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