Student Internship Support & Learning Outcomes Survey
Measures the quality of institutional internship support, supervision quality, and skill development outcomes to guide program improvement for higher education administrators and career services teams.
Sample questions
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When did your most recent internship take place?
- Within the last 3 months
- 3–6 months ago
- 6–12 months ago
- More than 12 months ago
Which of the following support resources did you use before or during your internship? Select all that apply.
- Career center advising
- Résumé/CV or cover letter workshops
- Mock interviews
- Faculty mentoring
- Alumni connections
- Job board or portal
- Peer support
- Employer onboarding/training
- None of the above
- Other (please specify)
Before your internship began, how prepared did you feel to succeed in the role?
We'd like to learn more about your internship experience. An AI moderator will ask you a couple of follow-up questions based on your responses.
What is your age group?
- Under 18
- 18–20
- 21–24
- 25–29
- 30–39
- 40 or older
Thank you for completing this survey! Your feedback will be used to improve internship programs and support services. All responses are anonymous and will be reported in aggregate.
How helpful was career center advising for your internship?
How much did you develop your communication skills through this internship?
Based on your responses in this survey, please share any additional thoughts about your internship experience or your institution's support.
How do you describe your gender?
- Woman
- Man
- Non-binary
- Prefer not to say
How helpful was faculty mentoring for your internship?
How much did you develop your technical or professional skills through this internship?
What is your current level of study?
- Certificate/Diploma
- Undergraduate—Year 1
- Undergraduate—Year 2
- Undergraduate—Year 3 or higher
- Graduate—Master's
- Graduate—Doctoral
- Other/Continuing education
How helpful was employer onboarding or training for your internship?
How much did you develop your problem-solving skills through this internship?
What is your primary field of study?
- Arts & Humanities
- Business & Management
- Education
- Engineering & Technology
- Health & Medicine
- Law
- Natural Sciences
- Social Sciences
- Other (please specify)
How helpful were peer or alumni connections for your internship?
How much did you develop your teamwork and collaboration skills through this internship?
In which region is your institution located?
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- Middle East
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
How would you rate the quality of supervision you received at your host organization?
How much did you develop your industry or sector knowledge through this internship?
Rank the following areas where additional institutional support would help you most (1 = most helpful).
- Finding placements
- Application materials (résumé/CV, cover letter)
- Interview preparation
- Funding or stipends
How likely are you to recommend your institution's internship support to a fellow student?
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 an AI follow-up interview where an adaptive moderator probes deeper into each student's internship experience, something static form builders cannot replicate
- Separately rates four distinct support channels (career center advising, faculty mentoring, employer onboarding, peer/alumni connections) rather than asking about 'support' as one generic item
- Tracks skill development across five specific dimensions (communication, technical/professional, problem-solving, teamwork, industry knowledge) plus a supervision-quality rating and a ranking question on where institutional support should improve next
- Captures demographic and academic context (age, gender, level of study, field of study, institution region) so career services teams can segment findings by program improvement priorities
Jotform
Program Quality Survey Form TemplateThis is a generic program-quality evaluation template, not one built specifically for internships, supervision quality, or skill outcomes. It's a fielding-ready static form that would need substantial customization to match the depth of an internship-specific survey. Useful as a general-purpose starting point rather than a purpose-built internship instrument.
What it does well
- Drag-and-drop form builder with broad customization options
- Likely supports conditional logic and multiple question/field types
- Widely used, general-purpose template usable across many program types
Where it falls short
- No internship-specific structure (supervision quality, skill-development tracking, support-resource breakdown) built in
- Static question flow with no adaptive AI follow-up or voice interview capability
- No automated per-response quality scoring or AI-generated analysis
SurveySparrow
Summer Internship Evaluation Form TemplateA purpose-built internship evaluation template, directly comparable in topic to ours. It's fielding-ready and likely benefits from SurveySparrow's conversational, chat-style survey format for higher completion rates. However, it appears to rely on fixed question sets rather than dynamic, AI-driven probing of individual responses.
What it does well
- Directly targeted at internship evaluation, aligning closely with the audience and topic
- Conversational/chat-style survey format known to improve completion rates
- Likely fielding-ready with minimal setup for career services teams
Where it falls short
- No adaptive AI follow-up interview or voice AI interview option to explore individual student experiences in depth
- No automated per-response quality scoring to flag low-effort or low-quality answers
- No transparent, published prompt methodology for any AI-assisted analysis
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