Lead Qualification & Buying Intent Survey
Captures why a prospective lead engaged with you, what's triggering their search for a solution right now, and how close they are to a decision. An AI follow-up interview digs into the specific problem behind their interest so sales can prioritize and personalize outreach instead of guessing from a generic lead score.
Sample questions
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How did you first come across (Replace with your company/product name)?
- Search engine
- Social media
- Referral from a colleague or friend
- Industry event or webinar
- (Replace with competitor A) comparison
- Advertisement
- Already knew about you
What's the main reason you're looking into a solution like this right now?
- Current solution isn't working well
- No solution in place today
- Cost of current solution is too high
- New team, project, or company initiative
- Just researching for future needs
How are you currently handling this need?
- Using a competing product
- Using an internal/manual process
- Not addressing it yet
- Using multiple tools pieced together
When evaluating a solution like this, which of the following matters most to you?
- Ease of setup
- Price
- Feature depth
- Customer support quality
- Integration with existing tools
- Reputation and reviews
- Scalability for growth
Based on what you've seen so far, how well does (Replace with your company/product name) seem to fit your needs?
What's your timeline for making a decision?
- Within the next 2 weeks
- Within 1-3 months
- Within 3-6 months
- More than 6 months out
- No set timeline
Are you the primary decision-maker for this purchase?
- Yes, I make the final decision
- I'm one of several decision-makers
- I'm researching on behalf of someone else
- Not sure yet
Explore the specific problem driving this person's interest right now: what's broken or missing with their current approach, what triggered them to look today rather than earlier, and what a successful outcome would look like for them in the next few months. If they said they're 'just researching,' probe what would need to change for this to become a real priority. If they flagged low fit in the rating, find out exactly what's missing.
Which best describes your role?
- Individual contributor
- Manager
- Director/VP
- C-level/Executive
- Founder/Owner
- Prefer not to say
How many employees are at your company?
- 1-10
- 11-50
- 51-200
- 201-1000
- 1000+
- Prefer not to say
That's everything — thank you! Your answers help us reach out with information that's actually relevant to what you're trying to solve.
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 that probes the specific problem driving the lead's interest right now, giving sales real context instead of a generic lead score
- Uses a max-diff exercise to surface what actually matters most to the prospect when evaluating a solution, not just a single multiple-choice guess
- Captures decision-maker status, timeline, role, and company size alongside intent signals, so leads can be prioritized and routed accurately
- Opens and closes with conversational chat messages, keeping the experience approachable while still collecting structured qualification data
QuestionPro
Customer Lead and Qualification Survey TemplateThis is a fielding-ready survey template built specifically for lead qualification, covering similar ground (source, need, fit). It comes from an established enterprise survey platform with broad question-type support and reporting tools. Like most static templates, it relies on pre-set multiple-choice questions rather than adapting to each respondent's actual situation.
What it does well
- Purpose-built for lead qualification rather than a generic lead-gen form
- Backed by a mature survey platform with established reporting and logic features
- Likely customizable question set for different qualification criteria
Where it falls short
- No adaptive AI interview to dig into the specific reason behind a lead's interest
- No published methodology for how responses are scored or interpreted
- No voice AI interview option for richer qualitative capture
SurveyMonkey
Lead Generation Form TemplateA straightforward, fielding-ready lead generation form from a widely used survey platform, likely focused on capturing contact details and basic interest rather than deep qualification. It's a good fit for simple top-of-funnel capture but appears lighter on buying-intent or decision-stage questions. As a static form, it won't adapt based on what a lead says.
What it does well
- Simple, familiar form-builder experience from a mainstream platform
- Easy to deploy quickly for basic lead capture
- Integrates with SurveyMonkey's broader distribution and analysis tools
Where it falls short
- No adaptive follow-up questioning to explore why a lead is looking now
- No automated per-response quality scoring
- No AI or voice interview component, just fixed form fields
SurveySparrow
Lead Generation TemplateA chatbot-style lead generation template that presents questions conversationally, which is a step up from a flat form in terms of engagement. It's fielding-ready but still runs on a fixed question sequence rather than genuine adaptive probing. Useful for casual, low-friction capture rather than in-depth intent qualification.
What it does well
- Conversational chatbot format likely improves completion rates over static forms
- Marketing-focused template designed for top-of-funnel lead capture
- Simple to embed for quick lead generation use cases
Where it falls short
- Chatbot flow follows scripted branching, not true AI-driven follow-up interviewing
- No mention of voice AI interviews or guided screen-share tasks
- No transparent, published prompts or automated quality scoring per response
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