Employee Onboarding Survey Template

The Onboarding Survey Template is designed to help HR teams gather insights from new employees about their onboarding experience. From training quality to cultural fit, this survey captures how well your onboarding program prepares employees for success and where improvements can be made.

Delivered through Microsoft Teams and Outlook via Teamflect, the survey makes it easy for new hires to provide honest feedback in a familiar environment, encouraging thoughtful responses and higher completion rates.

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What does the Onboarding Survey template include?

Open Feedback on Most Helpful Experiences

Employees describe the most impactful parts of their onboarding journey, helping HR identify strengths.

Overall Onboarding Effectiveness Rating‍

A multiple-choice scale allows employees to evaluate the quality of their onboarding experience.

Training & Support Satisfaction‍

Star-based satisfaction ratings highlight how well employees felt supported in their new role.

Readiness Agreement Statement‍

Likert-scale feedback reveals whether new hires feel prepared to perform their duties post-onboarding.

Onboarding Element Prioritization‍

Employees rank components like culture introduction, job training, and benefits orientation by importance to their experience.

Autosaved, Confidential Responses‍

Responses are saved in real time and can be submitted when ready, with privacy respected throughout the process.

How to use the Onboarding Survey Template in Microsoft Teams & Outlook

This survey supports continuous improvement in onboarding by surfacing what works and what needs rethinking:

1. Customize based on your onboarding program

Edit questions to reflect your onboarding timeline, department-specific components, or remote onboarding flows.

2. Send after onboarding completion

Automatically trigger the survey 1–4 weeks after an employee’s start date to capture feedback while the experience is still fresh.

3. Keep feedback within Microsoft Teams

New hires can complete the survey inside Teamflect, eliminating the need for external tools or emails.

4. Monitor trends and surface onboarding gaps

Leverage analytics to identify common challenges, missed expectations, or areas of excellence across new hires.

5. Act on feedback for better onboarding outcomes

Refine your onboarding content, timing, and delivery based on employee survey data.

Who should use this template?

This template is ideal for HR teams, people ops, and department leads looking to deliver consistent, effective, and scalable onboarding experiences.

Perfect for:

  • Organizations scaling rapidly or hiring frequently
  • HR teams focused on employee retention
  • Managers looking to improve first impressions for new team members
  • Remote or hybrid teams onboarding asynchronously
  • Companies with structured employee onboarding system

With the Onboarding Survey Template, you can turn early impressions into  insights and make sure that your onboarding program supports long-term success.

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