Which groups do you regularly work with during vendor onboarding?
- Procurement
- Legal
- Finance / AP
- InfoSec / Security
- Privacy / Data Protection
- Risk / Compliance
- Business owner / requester
- IT / Access management
- Other
Approximately how many vendors have you helped onboard in the past 6 months?
What types of vendors have you onboarded in the past 6 months?
- SaaS / software
- Professional services / consulting
- Contractors / temporary staff
- Data providers
- Marketing / creative
- Hardware / equipment
- Logistics / supply
- Other
For a typical low‑risk vendor, about how long is it from request to go‑live?
Overall speed of the onboarding process for your requests (past 6 months).
Overall ease of completing required onboarding and compliance steps (past 6 months).
Attention check: Please select "I am paying attention".
- I am paying attention
- I am not paying attention
Rank the biggest sources of delay you’ve observed (top = biggest).
How clear were the requirements for each step (past 6 months)?
Which steps commonly required rework or resubmission (past 6 months)?
- Business case / justification
- Contract documents
- Security questionnaire
- Privacy / DPIA
- Risk / compliance forms
- Supplier master data
- Purchase request / PO
- Access / IT setup
- Other
Allocate 100 points to reflect your priorities during onboarding.
How would you prefer to receive onboarding status updates?
- Email summaries
- Ticketing system notifications
- Slack / Teams
- Self‑serve portal dashboard
- Weekly sync / meeting
- Other
In the past 6 months, how often were vendors fast‑tracked or exempted from some steps?
- Never
- 1–2 times
- 3–5 times
- More than 5 times
When fast‑tracking happened, what were the main reasons?
- Critical business deadline
- Executive mandate
- Low‑risk profile
- Renewal / expansion of existing vendor
- Revenue impact
- Customer commitment
- Other
If you could change one thing to improve speed without increasing risk, what would it be?
Max 600 chars
What is your primary role in the onboarding process? (select one)
- Procurement
- Legal
- Finance / AP
- InfoSec / Security
- Privacy / Data Protection
- Risk / Compliance
- Business owner / requester
- IT / Access management
- Other
How long have you been in your current role?
How often are you involved in vendor onboarding (past 6 months)?
- Daily
- Weekly
- Monthly
- Less than monthly
Where are you primarily based?
What is your work setting?
- Office‑based
- Hybrid
- Fully remote
- Prefer not to say
Anything else we should know (e.g., examples, tools, or handoffs to revisit)?
Max 600 chars
AI Interview: 2 Follow-up Questions on your responses about vendor onboarding
Thank you for your time—your feedback will help us streamline vendor onboarding and compliance.