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Graduation Exit Survey: Satisfaction & Career Readiness

Captures graduating students' satisfaction with their program, how prepared they feel for their next step, and where the institution should invest next — built for registrars, program directors, and career services teams closing out a cohort. An AI follow-up interview digs into the real reasons behind low preparedness or satisfaction scores instead of stopping at a number.

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14 questions · ~7 min
Q01
Message

Congratulations on graduating! Before you go, we'd love your honest take on your program so we can improve it for future students. This takes about 6-8 minutes and your answers help shape real changes.

Q02
Multiple ChoiceRequired

What credential are you completing?

  • Associate's degree
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Master's degree
  • Doctoral degree
  • Certificate or diploma program
Q03
Short TextRequired

What was your major or field of study?

Q04
Opinion ScaleRequired

Overall, how satisfied are you with your academic program?

Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Not at all satisfiedMax:Extremely satisfied
Q05
MatrixRequired

How would you rate each part of your program experience?

6 rows × 5 columns
  • Quality of instruction
  • Curriculum relevance to your career goals
  • Career services and job placement support
  • Access to faculty and academic advisors
  • Campus facilities and resources
  • +1 more
Columns: Poor · Fair · Good · Very good · Excellent
Q06
Multiple ChoiceRequired

What are your plans immediately after graduation?

  • Starting a job I already have secured
  • Still actively job searching
  • Continuing to further education
  • Starting my own business
  • Taking time off before deciding next steps
Q07
Opinion ScaleRequired

How prepared do you feel for your next step, whether that's a career or further education?

Scale: 1 – 5
Min:Not at all preparedMax:Extremely prepared
Q08
Best–Worst Trade-off (MaxDiff)Required

Which of these areas most needs improvement for future students?

  • Career services and job placement support
  • Academic advising
  • Course offerings and curriculum relevance
  • Internships and hands-on experience opportunities
  • Faculty accessibility and mentorship
  • Mental health and wellness resources
  • Networking and alumni connections
  • Affordability and financial aid guidance
Pick best & worst per setBest:Most needs improvementWorst:Least needs improvement
Q09
AI Interview

Probe the reasoning behind the respondent's preparedness rating and their top improvement pick: ask for a specific moment or experience (a class, an advising session, an internship search) that shaped how prepared they feel. If they rated preparedness low, find out what concretely was missing — a skill, a connection, feedback, hands-on practice — and what they wish had happened earlier in the program rather than at the end.

Q10
Opinion ScaleRequired

How likely are you to recommend this program to a friend or colleague considering a similar path?

Scale: 0 – 10
Min:Not at all likelyMax:Extremely likely
Q11
Long Text

Looking back, what's one thing that would have made your experience significantly better?

Q12
Multiple Choice

What is your age range?

  • Under 20
  • 20-24
  • 25-34
  • 35-44
  • 45 or older
  • Prefer not to say
Q13
Multiple Choice

How do you describe your gender?

  • Woman
  • Man
  • Non-binary
  • Prefer not to say
Q14
Message

Thank you, and congratulations again! Your responses will be compiled into a report the program team uses to improve courses, advising, and career support for the next graduating class.

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

  • Includes a dedicated AI follow-up interview step that probes the reasoning behind low preparedness or satisfaction ratings instead of stopping at a number
  • Combines quantitative measures (opinion scales, matrix ratings, max-diff prioritization) with open-ended reflection questions to give registrars and career services both scores and context
  • Captures forward-looking data (post-graduation plans, top improvement areas) alongside satisfaction, making it useful for both cohort close-out reporting and program investment decisions
  • Auto-generates a report from responses, saving registrars and program directors manual analysis work

QuestionPro

Graduation exit survey - Sample questionnaire template

A directly comparable static questionnaire covering satisfaction and post-graduation plans, built on QuestionPro's survey platform. It's a fielding-ready template but relies on fixed question sets rather than adaptive probing. Good starting point for teams wanting a straightforward, editable exit survey.

What it does well

  • Purpose-built for the graduation exit survey use case
  • Backed by an established survey platform with broad distribution/logic features
  • Likely easy to customize question wording and branching within their editor

Where it falls short

  • No adaptive AI follow-up interview to dig into low scores—responses stay at the fixed-question level
  • No voice AI interview option for richer qualitative capture
  • No visible per-response quality scoring or transparent AI prompt methodology

Jotform

Post-Graduation Career Outcome Survey Form Template

This template focuses specifically on career outcomes after graduation, built in Jotform's drag-and-drop form builder. It's a static form suited for tracking employment/further-study status rather than a full satisfaction-and-readiness exit survey. Useful if the primary goal is outcome tracking rather than program feedback.

What it does well

  • Easy-to-use drag-and-drop builder for quick customization
  • Focused specifically on career/employment outcome tracking
  • Integrates with Jotform's broader forms ecosystem (payments, workflows, etc.)

Where it falls short

  • Narrower scope on career outcomes—lacks the program satisfaction, matrix experience ratings, and improvement-prioritization depth
  • No AI-driven follow-up questioning to explore the 'why' behind responses
  • No automated quality scoring or transparent AI prompt design

Typeform

Post-Graduation Career Outcome Survey Template

Typeform's version emphasizes a conversational, one-question-at-a-time interface for gathering post-graduation career data. It's visually polished and easy for respondents to complete, but the flow is still a fixed, static question sequence rather than a dynamic interview. Best for engagement-focused outcome surveys, not deep qualitative diagnosis.

What it does well

  • Conversational, visually engaging one-question format that can improve completion rates
  • Simple to brand and customize for institutional look-and-feel
  • Good for lightweight, quick-turnaround outcome surveys

Where it falls short

  • No adaptive AI interview—logic branching is rule-based, not reasoning-based follow-up
  • No voice AI interview or guided screen-share tasks
  • No automated per-response quality scoring or transparent prompt documentation

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