Q01
Message
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Awards Nomination Submission Survey
Captures a complete award nomination — nominee details, category, criteria ratings, and the specific story behind the nomination — for HR teams, associations, or event organizers running recognition programs. An AI follow-up interview digs past generic praise to get concrete examples and measurable impact judges can actually score.
Sample questions
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13 questions · ~7 min
Q02
Short TextRequired
What is the full name of the person you're nominating?
Q03
Multiple ChoiceRequired
What is your relationship to the nominee?
- Direct manager
- Colleague on the same team
- Colleague in a different team/department
- Client or external partner
- Direct report
- Other
Q04
Multiple ChoiceRequired
Which award category are you nominating this person for? (Template note: replace the options below with your program's actual award categories before launching.)
- (Replace with Award Category 1, e.g., Innovation Award)
- (Replace with Award Category 2, e.g., Leadership Award)
- (Replace with Award Category 3, e.g., Community Impact Award)
- Not sure — let the committee decide
Q05
Long TextRequired
Describe one specific accomplishment, project, or moment that best shows why this person deserves this award. Include what they did, when, and what changed as a result.
Q06
MatrixRequired
Rate how strongly the nominee demonstrates each award criterion. (Template note: replace the rows with your program's official judging criteria.)
4 rows × 5 columns
- (Criterion 1, e.g., Innovation)
- (Criterion 2, e.g., Collaboration)
- (Criterion 3, e.g., Measurable Impact)
- (Criterion 4, e.g., Integrity/Values)
Columns: Does not meet · Partially meets · Meets · Exceeds · Far exceeds
Q07
Best–Worst Trade-off (MaxDiff)
Of the qualities below, which best describes this nominee and which is least applicable?
- Goes above and beyond their formal role
- Mentors or develops others
- Delivers measurable business or community impact
- Demonstrates innovative thinking
- Exemplifies our organization's values
- Overcomes significant obstacles or setbacks
- Positively influences team or group morale
Pick best & worst per setBest:Most describes this nomineeWorst:Least describes this nominee
Q08
Opinion ScaleRequired
How strongly would you recommend this person receive the award?
Scale: 1 – 10
Min:Would not recommendMax:Strongly recommend
Q09
AI Interview
Walk the nominator through the specific example they described: ask exactly what the nominee did, over what timeframe, and what would likely have happened without their involvement. Push for concrete outcomes or numbers ('what changed as a result?') rather than general character traits, and if the response stays vague or purely complimentary, ask for one more concrete moment or piece of evidence a judging committee could verify.
Q10
File upload
Upload any supporting materials (photos, testimonials, performance data, media coverage) that back up your nomination. Optional but strengthens the case.
Q11
ConsentRequired
Before you submit, please confirm the following.
Q12
Multiple Choice
Which department or team are you part of? (Optional — helps us understand nomination patterns across the organization.)
- (Replace with Department A)
- (Replace with Department B)
- (Replace with Department C)
- Other
- Prefer not to say
Q13
Message
Nomination received — thank you! Your submission goes to our review committee, who will evaluate it alongside the criteria ratings and supporting materials. We'll notify you once the awards are announced.
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
- Goes beyond a generic praise field: our AI follow-up interview walks the nominator through the exact example they cited, asking what happened, what they did, and what the measurable outcome was — the kind of detail judges actually need to score.
- Combines structured comparability (criteria matrix, max-diff ranking, opinion-scale recommendation) with open narrative, so committees can both rank objectively and read the real story.
- Built-in consent step and optional file upload let nominators attach testimonials, performance data, or media clips alongside the interview transcript, all rolled into an auto-generated report for reviewers.
- Confirmation messaging at open and close, plus an optional department/team field, make the flow feel complete and give organizers nomination-source data without requiring it.
Jotform
Movie Awards Nomination Form TemplateA ready-to-use static form template, but scoped specifically to movie/film awards rather than general recognition programs, so HR or association teams would need to heavily re-label fields. Jotform's strength is fast drag-and-drop customization and integrations, not deeper qualitative probing.
What it does well
- Quick to duplicate and customize via Jotform's form builder
- Supports file/media uploads common to entertainment award submissions
- Broad integration ecosystem (payments, storage, notifications)
Where it falls short
- Niche framing (movie awards) not built for general employee/community recognition use cases
- No adaptive follow-up questioning — nominators self-report accomplishments with no probing for specifics
- No automated quality scoring of individual responses or transcript-based reporting
SurveySparrow
Awards Nomination Form TemplateA conversational-style static template aimed at general awards nomination collection, positioned for events and organizations. It focuses on a friendly chat-like form experience rather than any interview or scoring layer.
What it does well
- Conversational UI that may feel more engaging than a flat form
- General-purpose awards framing usable across event types
- Simple to deploy for smaller recognition programs
Where it falls short
- No AI-driven follow-up to push past generic praise into concrete, measurable examples
- No published methodology or prompt transparency for how responses are evaluated
- Lacks per-response quality scoring or automated judge-ready reporting
Typeform
Awards Nomination Form TemplateA polished, static one-question-at-a-time template well suited to awards nomination collection with strong visual design. It captures nominee info and rationale but has no mechanism to interrogate vague answers further.
What it does well
- High-quality, on-brand form design and mobile experience
- Logic branching for routing between award categories
- Established template library and analytics dashboard
Where it falls short
- No adaptive AI interview to dig into specifics behind a nomination story
- No voice interview or screen-share guided task option
- No automated per-response scoring against award criteria
SurveyMonkey
Employee Of The Month Nomination FormA static template narrowly scoped to monthly employee recognition rather than broader award-category nomination programs (e.g., associations or annual awards). Good for quick internal HR use but not built for multi-category or committee-judged submissions.
What it does well
- Simple, familiar SurveyMonkey builder and reporting
- Good fit for lightweight, recurring internal recognition programs
- Easy distribution via existing SurveyMonkey account/workflows
Where it falls short
- Narrower scope (employee-of-the-month) versus general multi-category award nomination needs
- No AI follow-up interview to extract concrete, measurable accomplishments
- No transparent per-response quality scoring or judge-ready automated report
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