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Workday Time Audit: Meetings, Interruptions & Deep Focus

Measures employee meeting load, interruption frequency and recovery cost, and deep-focus availability to identify productivity blockers and inform schedule optimization.

Sample questions

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19 questions · ~4 min
Q01
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Welcome to the Workday Time Audit Survey. This survey takes approximately 3–5 minutes and asks about your recent experience with meetings, interruptions, and focus time. Your responses are confidential and will be reported only in aggregate — no individual answers will be shared with managers or leadership. Participation is voluntary, and you may stop at any time. There are no right or wrong answers; we simply want your honest perspective. Please answer based on your experience over the past 1–2 weeks.

Q02
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In the past week (5 working days), approximately how many hours did you spend in scheduled meetings?

Q03
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On a typical workday in the past week, approximately how many times was your focus interrupted (e.g., messages, drop-ins, unscheduled calls)?

Q04
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In the past week (5 working days), approximately how many hours did you have for uninterrupted deep work (blocks of 30+ minutes)?

Q05
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Based on your responses in this survey, please share any additional context that would help us understand your experience (e.g., peak meeting days, common interruption sources, tools that help or hinder focus).

Q06
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How long have you been with the company?

Q07
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Thank you for completing this survey — your input helps us identify ways to protect focus time and improve how we work together.

Q08
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In the past week (5 working days), approximately how many scheduled meetings did you attend?

Q09
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After a typical interruption, approximately how many minutes does it take you to regain full focus?

Q10
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Over the past two weeks, how sufficient has your uninterrupted focus time been for completing your core work?

Q11
AI Interview

We'd like to learn more about your workday experience. An AI moderator will ask 1–2 brief follow-up questions based on your earlier responses.

Q12
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Which of the following best describes your role?

Q13
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Overall, how would you describe your meeting load over the past two weeks?

Q14
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How disruptive are interruptions to your ability to complete your core work?

Q15
Multiple Choice

What is your primary work arrangement?

Q16
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Over the past two weeks, most meetings I attended had a clear agenda or purpose.

Q17
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Over the past two weeks, my presence was necessary in most meetings I attended.

Q18
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Over the past two weeks, most meetings I attended ended with clear next steps or decisions.

Q19
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Over the past two weeks, many of the meetings I attended could have been handled via email or a shared document.

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.

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