Survey Questions and Examples, Grouped by Topic
One list of all 154 templates on this site, 8,360 questions in total, with the count for each set shown before you open it.
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How to pick your survey questions
Every template below was written for a specific audience and goal. Before you pick one, five rules will save you a rewrite later.
- Write for one audience. A question set aimed at everyone fits no one, so send each group its own survey. Weak: asking staff and customers about "your experience with us" in one form. Better: one employee survey and one customer survey, each sent to the right list.
- Cap it at 10 to 15 questions. Completion rates fall as surveys grow, and the people who quit first are usually your busiest respondents. If an answer will not change a decision you plan to make, cut the question.
- Keep one scale throughout. Switching between 1-5 stars, 0-10 scores, and agree/disagree mid-survey produces answers you cannot compare. Pick one rating scale and hold it to the end.
- Ask one thing at a time. Double-barreled questions make every answer ambiguous. Weak: "Was the training useful and well organized?" Better: "Was the training useful?" followed by "Was the training well organized?"
- Keep the wording neutral. Loaded words push scores up and hide real problems. Weak: "How much did you enjoy our award-winning support?" Better: "How would you rate the support you received?"
Survey question examples by topic
Eight topic libraries organize the templates below. Each example here is quoted from a real template in that library, so what you read is what that template contains.
Employee
For measuring engagement, culture, and management quality inside your own team, where honest answers depend on careful wording.
- Do you feel valued and respected by your colleagues?
- How transparent is leadership about company goals and decisions?
- Do you feel comfortable expressing your ideas and opinions with your colleagues?
Marketing
For understanding buyers before you spend: segmentation, brand awareness, pricing, and product research questions.
- When making purchases, do you consider product sustainability as a key factor?
- How often do you support local businesses over larger corporations?
- How much do you spend on groceries each month?
Education
For teachers and researchers asking students about study habits, motivation, and life outside the classroom.
- How many hours a day do you spend on social media?
- Do you prefer studying alone or in groups?
- What motivates you to start your study sessions?
Evaluation
For judging whether a program, skill, or process actually works, before and after you change it.
- What are the main objectives of the program?
- Do you use a to-do list or digital tool to manage your tasks?
- Do you often find yourself completing tasks at the last minute, or asking for extensions?
Satisfaction
For scoring a service people already use, from city utilities to banking apps, and finding what to fix first.
- Are you satisfied with the current waste collection and disposal methods?
- How would you rate the ease of navigating our mobile app?
- How satisfied are you with the app's login and authentication process?
Feedback
For collecting reactions right after an event, meeting, or presentation, while the details are still fresh.
- Was the content well-structured and easy to follow?
- Were the topics discussed relevant to you?
- Was there adequate time for each agenda item?
Healthcare
For health, wellness, and lifestyle research where respondents report their own habits and symptoms.
- How many hours of sleep do you get per night?
- How often do you engage in physical exercise in a week?
- How often do you feel stressed?
Business
For strategy and operations work: stakeholder mapping, change management, and sustainability commitments.
- What is the level of your involvement in the decision-making process?
- What is your communication preference for receiving updates or information?
- Do you think sustainability can contribute to economic growth? If yes, how?
All 154 survey templates by topic
Every set opens on its own page with the full question list.
Employee Survey Templates
Reach for these when you need staff opinion on a manager, a workload or a career path. 29 templates
Satisfaction Survey Templates
Use one after a customer, resident or visitor finishes an interaction and you want a rating. 18 templates
Education Survey Templates
For a school, course or program that needs feedback from students, parents or teaching staff. 26 templates
Marketing Survey Templates
Consumer research: brand recall, buying habits, price sensitivity and how people use a product. 24 templates
Business Survey Templates
Operations, strategy and process questions asked inside a company rather than of its customers. 15 templates
Evaluation Survey Templates
Built for judging a program, a system or a skill level against something you can score. 16 templates
Healthcare Survey Templates
Patient experience, clinical staff practice, and community habits such as sleep and screen time. 15 templates
Feedback Survey Templates
Post-event and post-project sheets you send while the session is still fresh for people. 11 templates
Survey question FAQ
How many questions should a survey have?
Aim for 10 to 15 questions, which most people finish in under five minutes. A quick pulse check can be 3 to 5 questions, and in-depth research can stretch to about 25 if you group questions into labeled sections. Past that point, completion rates drop sharply.
Should I use open-ended or closed questions?
Mostly closed. Rating scales and multiple choice are faster to answer and easy to compare across respondents. Add one or two open questions at the end, such as "What one thing should we improve?", to catch problems your closed questions did not anticipate.
How do I write unbiased survey questions?
Use neutral wording, ask one thing per question, and give balanced answer options, including a way out such as "not applicable" or "prefer not to say". Watch for hidden assumptions: "How often do you exercise?" needs a "never" option to stay honest.
Can I use these survey templates for free?
Yes. Every template is free to open and read in full. To run one, build it in the free survey builder and share your link to collect responses. No credit card is needed to build and send a survey.
How do I turn a question set into a live survey?
Read the template and reuse the questions that fit, or type your topic into the box at the top of this page and the AI will draft a survey for you. Either way you get a working survey you can edit and share in about a minute.