Candidate Trust & Transparency in AI Hiring Survey
Understand how candidates experience AI-assisted screening, interviews, and assessments. Measure disclosure, explanation, access to human review, fairness, and willingness to continue, then use optional AI follow-ups to explore specific moments and improve the hiring process.
Sample questions
A preview of what’s in the template. Every question is editable before you launch.
Which stage most recently involved AI, as far as you know?
- Application or resume screening
- Recorded interview reviewed or scored by AI
- Live conversation with an AI interviewer
- Skills or other assessment
- Another stage
- I am not sure whether AI was involved
When did you first learn that AI would be used in that stage?
- Before I applied
- After applying, but before the stage began
- When the stage began
- After completing the stage
- I was not told; I inferred it
- I am not sure
How clear was the explanation of what the AI would evaluate?
- Very unclear
- Somewhat unclear
- Neither clear nor unclear
- Somewhat clear
- Very clear
- No explanation was provided
- I do not remember
What were you told about requesting a person to review an AI-related decision or concern?
- How to request human review was clearly explained
- Human review was mentioned, but the request process was unclear
- I was told human review was unavailable
- Human review was not mentioned
- I do not remember
How fair did the AI-assisted stage feel to you?
- Very unfair
- Somewhat unfair
- Neither fair nor unfair
- Somewhat fair
- Very fair
- I do not have enough information to judge
How did this experience affect your willingness to continue with this employer?
- Much less willing
- Somewhat less willing
- No change
- Somewhat more willing
- Much more willing
- I am not sure
Which moment most affected your trust in this hiring process? Please leave out names, contact details, and confidential application information.
Which one change would most improve this experience for you?
- Earlier disclosure that AI is being used
- A clearer explanation of what is evaluated
- A clearer way to request human review
- Better updates about decisions and next steps
- Better accessibility or an alternative format
- No change is needed
- Another change
- I am not sure
Explore the candidate’s experience of the AI-assisted hiring process through at most two optional follow-up questions. Refer to their earlier answers, ask about a concrete moment that affected trust, and clarify the improvement they would value. Do not assess job suitability, defend the employer, or assume AI actually made a decision. Respect skipped questions.
Thank you for sharing your experience. Your answers can help identify improvements to hiring communication, transparency, and access to human review.
What’s included
AI follow-ups
Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.
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Frequently asked questions
What questions are in the “Candidate Trust & Transparency in AI Hiring Survey” template?
The template includes 11 ready-to-use questions, starting with: “Think about the most recent hiring process in which you encountered, or believed you encountered, AI. This survey asks a…” · “Which stage most recently involved AI, as far as you know?” · “When did you first learn that AI would be used in that stage?”. The full set is previewed above, and every question is editable.
How long does this survey take to complete?
Respondents typically finish the 11 questions in about 6 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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