New Hire Training Comprehension & Confidence Quiz

Welcome! This short check-in helps us see how your first-week training landed — a few knowledge questions and a few about how confident you're feeling. Your responses are completely confidential and anonymized. There are no trick questions, and honest answers (even 'I'm not sure') help us more than guesses. About 6 minutes.

According to your training, what is the correct first step when (Replace with a specific safety or emergency scenario from your onboarding material, e.g., 'you notice a safety hazard on the floor')? (Template note: replace options with your real training content — one correct answer, three plausible distractors.)

• (Replace with correct procedure)
• (Replace with distractor A)
• (Replace with distractor B)
• (Replace with distractor C)

Which of the following correctly describes (Replace with a specific company policy covered in training, e.g., your PTO request process)? (Template note: swap in the real policy and its correct/incorrect variants.)

• (Replace with correct policy description)
• (Replace with plausible-but-wrong version A)
• (Replace with plausible-but-wrong version B)
• I'm not sure

Where would you go to (Replace with a specific systems/tools task from training, e.g., 'submit an IT support request')? (Template note: replace with the actual tool/system taught during onboarding.)

• (Replace with correct tool/system)
• (Replace with wrong tool A)
• (Replace with wrong tool B)
• I'm not sure

Who is the correct point of contact if you have a question about (Replace with a specific team norm or escalation path, e.g., 'expense approvals')?

• (Replace with correct contact/role)
• (Replace with wrong contact A)
• (Replace with wrong contact B)
• I'm not sure

How confident do you feel about each part of your training right now?

Overall, how confident do you feel handling your day-to-day responsibilities right now without needing to ask a colleague for help?

Which part of your new hire training do you feel needs the most follow-up support?

• Safety procedures
• Company policies & compliance
• Tools & systems access
• Team norms & communication
• Honestly, I feel solid on everything

Explore what specifically feels unclear about the training topic the respondent picked as needing the most follow-up support. Ask them to walk through a concrete task or decision where they'd feel unsure, and probe what would actually close the gap (a job aid, a buddy system, a refresher session, more hands-on practice). If they said they feel solid on everything, ask about a recent moment in their first week where they still had to guess or ask a coworker for help despite that, and use that to surface a hidden training gap.

Anything about your new hire training that could have been clearer, shorter, or more useful? (Optional)

Which department or team are you part of?

• (Replace with Department A)
• (Replace with Department B)
• (Replace with Department C)
• Prefer not to say

How long have you been in your current role?

• Less than 1 week
• 1-4 weeks
• 1-3 months
• More than 3 months
• Prefer not to say

Thanks for going through this with us! Your answers help us fix confusing parts of onboarding and build better support for the topics new hires find hardest — no individual scores are shared with your manager.