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Skills-Based Volunteer Interest & Fit Survey

Maps the professional skills, interests, and time capacity of prospective or current volunteers so nonprofits can match people to the right skills-based roles. An AI follow-up interview digs into why a volunteer's top skill area excites them and what would actually get in the way of them signing up.

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13 questions · ~7 min
Q01
Message

Thanks for your interest in volunteering with us! This short survey helps us match your professional skills and availability to the right opportunities. It takes about 5 minutes and there are no wrong answers.

Q02
Multiple ChoiceRequired

Which best describes your current relationship with our organization?

  • New to the organization, exploring volunteering
  • Have volunteered here before in a general (non-skills-based) role
  • Currently volunteer here in a skills-based role
  • Former skills-based volunteer
  • Staff member or board member
Q03
Multiple ChoiceRequired

Which professional skills could you offer as a volunteer? Select all that apply.

  • Marketing & communications
  • Finance & accounting
  • IT & technology
  • Legal & compliance
  • HR & people management
  • Project management
  • Graphic & creative design
  • Mentoring & coaching
  • Data analysis & research
  • Fundraising strategy
  • Event planning
Q04
Best–Worst Trade-off (MaxDiff)Required

From this list of skill-based volunteer roles, which are you most and least excited to take on?

  • Marketing & communications support
  • Financial or accounting review
  • IT & technology projects
  • Legal or compliance guidance
  • HR & people management advising
  • Project or program management
  • Graphic & creative design work
  • Mentoring or coaching staff/clients
  • Data analysis & research
Pick best & worst per setBest:Most excited to volunteer forWorst:Least excited to volunteer for
Q05
Opinion ScaleRequired

How confident are you that your skills would be genuinely useful in a nonprofit setting, not just a corporate one?

Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Not confident at allMax:Extremely confident
Q06
Slider MatrixRequired

How interested are you in each of these ways of engaging?

4 rows, one slider each
  • One-off consulting project (e.g., a single marketing plan or financial review)
  • Ongoing mentoring or coaching relationship
  • Serving on a committee or advisory board
  • Short bursts of remote, task-based work
Slider 0–10Min:Not at all interestedMax:Extremely interested
Q07
Point AllocationRequired

Thinking about why you'd volunteer your professional skills, distribute 100 points across these motivations based on how much each matters to you.

  • Making an impact on the cause
  • Applying my professional skills for good
  • Building new skills
  • Expanding my professional network
  • Flexible, low-pressure commitment
  • Enhancing my resume/career story
Allocate 100 points
Q08
Multiple ChoiceRequired

In a typical month, how many hours could you realistically commit to skills-based volunteering?

  • Less than 2 hours
  • 2-5 hours
  • 6-10 hours
  • More than 10 hours
  • Not sure yet
Q09
AI Interview

Ask the respondent to explain, in their own words, why their top-ranked skill area from the prioritization exercise excites them most and what a great volunteer experience in that role would look like. If their answer is vague or purely resume-driven, probe for a concrete example from their work or past volunteering. Also surface any concerns about time, expertise gaps, or organizational fit that might stop them from actually signing up, and ask what would resolve those concerns.

Q10
Rating Scale

How likely are you to recommend skills-based volunteering with us to a friend or colleague?

Range: 1 – 5
Min:Not at all likelyMax:Extremely likely
Q11
Multiple Choice

What is your current employment status?

  • Employed full-time
  • Employed part-time
  • Self-employed/freelance
  • Student
  • Retired
  • Not currently employed
  • Prefer not to say
Q12
Dropdown

What is the highest level of education you've completed? (Optional, helps us understand our volunteer pool)

  • High school
  • Some college
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Graduate or professional degree
  • Other
  • Prefer not to say
Q13
Message

Thank you for sharing your skills and interests! We'll use this to match you with a role that fits your expertise and schedule, and someone from our team will follow up soon.

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 static skill lists with an AI follow-up interview that asks volunteers to explain, in their own words, why their top-ranked skill area excites them and what would get in the way of signing up
  • Combines structured skill and interest measurement (multiple choice, max-diff ranking, slider matrix, constant-sum allocation) with open-ended probing for a fuller picture of fit
  • Captures realistic time capacity and motivation trade-offs (constant-sum points, monthly hours commitment) alongside confidence and likelihood-to-recommend metrics
  • Produces an auto-generated report from both the structured responses and the AI interview transcript, useful for matching volunteers to specific roles

QuestionPro

Non Profit Volunteer Interests and Skills Survey Questions + Sample Questionnaire Template

A sample questionnaire and question bank for assessing volunteer interests and skills, closely aligned with this use case. It reads more as a reference list of question ideas than a ready-to-field, scored survey instrument. Customization and fielding require building out the survey in QuestionPro's own builder.

What it does well

  • Directly targeted at nonprofit volunteer skills matching, so questions are topically relevant
  • Provided as a sample questionnaire, useful as a starting reference for question wording

Where it falls short

  • No adaptive AI follow-up interview to probe motivations or barriers in the volunteer's own words
  • No mention of automated per-response quality scoring or auto-generated matching reports
  • Static question list rather than a documented, transparent survey logic/flow

Jotform

Volunteer Application Form for Non-Profit

A ready-to-use volunteer application form template, useful for intake and basic screening rather than in-depth skills-and-fit assessment. It's a fielding-ready form, but its purpose is closer to application/onboarding than nuanced interest-skill matching.

What it does well

  • Fielding-ready template that can be deployed immediately for volunteer intake
  • Likely supports file uploads/e-signatures typical of Jotform application forms
  • Familiar drag-and-drop customization for nonprofits without survey design experience

Where it falls short

  • No adaptive AI interview or voice AI option to explore why a skill area excites a volunteer
  • No structured methods like max-diff or constant-sum for prioritizing skills and motivations
  • No automated quality scoring or auto-generated fit reports

Typeform

Volunteer Interest Form Template

A conversational-style, fielding-ready form for capturing volunteer interest, in keeping with Typeform's one-question-at-a-time format. It focuses on interest capture rather than deep skills prioritization or motivation analysis.

What it does well

  • Polished, conversational respondent experience typical of Typeform forms
  • Fielding-ready and easy to customize/embed for nonprofits
  • Good for initial interest capture and top-of-funnel volunteer sign-up

Where it falls short

  • No adaptive AI follow-up interview or voice AI option to dig into motivations or barriers
  • No max-diff, constant-sum, or slider-matrix style questions for nuanced skill/interest prioritization
  • No automated per-response quality scoring or auto-generated matching report

SurveyMonkey

Volunteer Survey Questions And Template

A general volunteer survey template that appears oriented toward feedback and satisfaction rather than skills-based role matching specifically. Useful as a broad question bank, but less tailored to mapping professional skills against defined volunteer roles.

What it does well

  • Backed by SurveyMonkey's established survey distribution and analytics tools
  • Broad volunteer question set that can be adapted for various volunteer program stages
  • Familiar, quick-to-launch template format

Where it falls short

  • No adaptive AI follow-up interview or voice AI interview for exploring skill-based motivation
  • Feedback-oriented framing rather than a dedicated skills-to-role matching instrument
  • No automated quality scoring or auto-generated fit/matching reports

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