Q01
Message
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Customer Delight Moments & Drivers Survey
Measures how often and how strongly your product or service exceeds expectations, which specific drivers (speed, personalization, empathy, unexpected perks) matter most, and captures a real delight moment in the respondent's own words. The AI follow-up interview reconstructs what actually happened in that moment so you know what to replicate, not just that delight occurred.
Sample questions
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11 questions · ~6 min
Q02
Opinion ScaleRequired
Thinking about your experience with us over the last 3 months, how much has it exceeded your expectations?
Scale: 0 – 10
Min:Fell far shortMax:Exceeded completely
Q03
Multiple ChoiceRequired
Which of these best describes a moment that stood out to you in the last 3 months?
- A support interaction went above and beyond what I expected
- I received an unexpected perk, gift, or gesture
- A product or feature worked better than I expected
- A problem was resolved faster or more easily than I expected
- Someone remembered a detail about me or my situation
Q04
MatrixRequired
For each of these, how did your recent experience compare to what you expected?
5 rows × 5 columns
- Speed of response
- Staff friendliness and empathy
- Personalization to my situation
- How my problem was resolved
- Willingness to go beyond what was asked
Columns: Did not happen · Fell short · Met expectations · Exceeded expectations · Truly wowed me
Q05
Rating ScaleRequired
How likely are you to tell a friend or colleague about this experience?
Range: 1 – 5
Min:Not at all likelyMax:Extremely likely
Q06
Best–Worst Trade-off (MaxDiff)Required
Which of these matter most, and least, to whether you feel genuinely delighted by us?
- Fast resolution of issues
- Personalized recommendations or communication
- Proactive updates before I have to ask
- Unexpected rewards or perks
- Staff empathy and friendliness
- A seamless, effortless self-service experience
- Consistency across every interaction
Pick best & worst per setBest:Matters most to my delightWorst:Matters least to my delight
Q07
AI Interview
Reconstruct the specific moment the respondent flagged as standing out (or, if they said nothing stood out, explore why). Ask exactly what happened, who was involved, what expectation it beat, and whether it felt like a one-off or something the company reliably does. If they mention a negative or disappointing moment instead, probe what would have turned it into a positive one and whether it changed how they think about the company.
Q08
Multiple ChoiceRequired
In the last 3 months, how often has (Replace with your company name) surprised you in a good way, beyond just meeting expectations?
- Never
- Once
- A few times
- Regularly, almost every interaction
Q09
Long Text
If you could change one thing to make moments like this happen more often, what would it be?
Q10
Multiple Choice
How long have you been a customer?
- Less than 3 months
- 3-12 months
- 1-3 years
- More than 3 years
- Prefer not to say
Q11
Message
Thank you for sharing this with us! Your answers, especially that moment you described, go directly into how we design future customer experiences.
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 satisfaction score: pairs a delight-intensity scale, a matrix comparing expectations vs. reality, and a MaxDiff ranking of specific drivers (speed, personalization, empathy, unexpected perks) so you know what actually moves the needle.
- Captures a real delight moment in the respondent's own words, then uses an adaptive AI follow-up interview to reconstruct exactly what happened — the sequence of events, who was involved, what made it feel unexpected — not just that a 4/5 was given.
- Includes a recommend-likelihood rating and an open-ended 'what would make this happen more often' question, giving you both a benchmark metric and concrete, actionable suggestions in the same flow.
- Auto-generates a report from the combined structured and interview data, with transparent prompts so you can see exactly how the AI probed each respondent's story.
SurveySparrow
Customer Delight Survey TemplateA directly comparable, ready-to-field template on the same 'customer delight' concept. It's a static question set you can launch as-is, likely covering satisfaction and delight-style rating questions. It doesn't appear to probe individual responses further or reconstruct specific moments.
What it does well
- Purpose-built around the same 'delight' framing rather than generic satisfaction
- Fielding-ready template, not just a blog guide
- Backed by an established survey platform with distribution and reporting tools
Where it falls short
- No adaptive AI follow-up interview to reconstruct what specifically happened in a delight moment
- No mention of a driver-ranking method (e.g., MaxDiff) to isolate which factors matter most
- No published per-response quality scoring or transparent AI prompt methodology
QuestionPro
Service Evaluation Survey Questions + Sample Questionnaire TemplateThis is a service-evaluation template and question bank, adjacent to but broader than a delight-specific survey — it reads more like a sample questionnaire/guide than a single fielding-ready delight template. Useful for general service quality benchmarking rather than pinpointing standout moments.
What it does well
- Broad library of service-evaluation questions to draw from
- Covers general service quality dimensions, useful as a benchmarking baseline
- Established platform with standard survey logic and reporting
Where it falls short
- Framed around general service evaluation, not specifically delight moments or driver ranking
- Static question format with no adaptive follow-up to reconstruct a specific incident in the respondent's words
- No transparent AI interview methodology since it isn't an AI-interview product
SurveyMonkey
Customer Satisfaction Survey TemplateA general customer satisfaction template rather than one focused on delight moments or driver identification. It's fielding-ready and well suited for tracking overall CSAT, but it doesn't dig into what specifically made an experience stand out.
What it does well
- Widely used, fielding-ready CSAT template
- Simple, quick to deploy for baseline satisfaction tracking
- Backed by mature survey infrastructure and benchmarking norms
Where it falls short
- No mechanism to capture or reconstruct a specific delight moment in the respondent's own words
- No adaptive AI follow-up questioning — relies on fixed, one-shot questions
- No driver-importance ranking (e.g., speed vs. personalization vs. empathy) built into the template
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