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30-day new hire survey template

Hear how the first month went, while onboarding is still fresh

Four questions for new hires at day 30: how the month went, how ready they feel, what slowed them down and what the next new hire should know. Use it as it is or change any question, and Usertick reads every written answer for you.

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What this 30-day new hire survey tells you

A 30-day new hire survey asks people what onboarding was like while they still remember the first week and already know the job. This template asks four questions in under a minute and a half: a rating for the month, how ready they feel on four basics, what slowed them down, and one piece of advice for the next person.

It is written for an email Usertick sends on day 30 to the new hire's work address. The rating sits inside the email, so a tap starts the survey, and the link opens on a short welcome screen titled One month in. The same template also runs as a link in your onboarding checklist or chat, or as a conversation, one question at a time.

Every written answer is read as it arrives and filed under a category from your list, such as tools and processes or growth and learning, with a type and an urgency. Results compares the month's rating with the period before, and selecting an answer such as Waiting for access shows what those new hires wrote.

In an emailAs a linkOn your websiteAs a conversation
Questions
4
Time to answer
About 1 minutes
Written for
An email to each new hire on their 30th day
Plans
Every plan, the free plan included

See it on every channel

The same template on your website, behind a link, in an email and as a conversation.

In an email

Send it from Usertick to a contact list, with the first question inside the email. A tap on an answer opens the rest of the survey with that answer already kept. Usertick sends 50 emails a month on the free plan, or connect your own sender.

The 4 questions, one by one

What each question asks, why it is there, what it shows you and what to change.

Question 1 of 4 · Stars

Overall, how satisfied are you with your first month?

Why ask it
One overall rating gives you a number to follow from one group of new hires to the next, and it can be answered inside the email in one tap.
What you learn
Results shows the average out of 5, a bar per rating and the share who rated 4 or higher, against the period before.
Make it yours
Keep it first and required, so the email opens on a question new hires can answer in a second.
Question 2 of 4 · Matrix · Optional

How ready do you feel on each of these?

Why ask it
Four basics decide whether a new hire can work on their own after a month: equipment, someone to ask, a clear role and knowing the team. Not yet, Partly and Fully is quicker to answer than a long scale.
What you learn
A heat map per item with its average, so a row such as Having a buddy or mentor that sits on Not yet stands out against the rest.
Make it yours
Replace a row with what your own onboarding promises, such as a first project or a meeting with leadership.
Question 3 of 4 · Multiple choice · Optional

What slowed you down the most?

Why ask it
Delays in the first month usually come from the setup around the new hire, and the people who just went through it can name them. They can pick more than one, or type their own.
What you learn
Bars with the share and count of each reason, with typed Other answers listed beside them. Select Waiting for access to read what those new hires said about the rest of the month.
Make it yours
Add the delays your managers mention most, such as a security training or a missing budget code, and keep Nothing, it went well as an option.
Question 4 of 4 · Text · Optional

What should the next new hire know on day one?

Why ask it
Advice for the next person is easy to write after a month and turns straight into material for your onboarding guide.
What you learn
Usertick reads each answer, files it under a category and a theme, marks it as an idea, a question or a complaint, and flags the urgent ones. Results lists the answers with their sentiment and the themes that come up most.
Make it yours
Copy the most useful answers into your welcome document and tell new hires that the advice came from people who joined before them.

What the answers show

Results turns each question into numbers you can follow week by week.

Overall, how satisfied are you with your first month?

The average rating and the share who gave 4 or 5 stars, against the period before.

What slowed you down the most?

The share of each answer with its count. Select an answer to narrow the whole page to those people and read what else they said.

How ready do you feel on each of these?

Each row's answers side by side, so the part that needs work stands out.

Every written answer, read for you

Each answer arrives with its category, theme, type and urgency, so the urgent ones reach your team first.

Use this template in four steps

From the template to the first answers.

  1. 1

    Open the template

    Sign up free and pick New hire, day 30 in the template gallery. It opens in a matching style, ready to change.

  2. 2

    Make the questions yours

    Reword any question, change the options, and add logic or more questions.

  3. 3

    Choose where it runs

    Show it on your website, send it by email, share its link and QR code, or switch it to a conversation.

  4. 4

    Publish and read the answers

    Answers arrive in Results and the inbox as people send them, each written one read and filed by Usertick.

Tips for this survey

Small choices that keep people answering and the answers useful.

  1. 01

    Schedule the send on day one

    Usertick doesn't send a survey on its own when someone reaches a date. When a new hire starts, create a send to their address and schedule it for day 30, since a send can be scheduled up to 30 days ahead.

  2. 02

    Pair it with the first week check

    Ask about equipment and the welcome on the Friday of week one, and about readiness at day 30, as two short surveys, so each one stays quick.

  3. 03

    Tell new hires who reads it

    Answers sent through Usertick email stay tied to the person's contact. Say in the email that the people team reads the answers and follows up, so new hires know what to expect.

  4. 04

    Fix the top delay before the next start

    Look at the most chosen reason in the delays question each month, fix it before the next group starts, and watch whether its share drops.

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Frequently asked questions

On or just after day 30, once the new hire has done real work but still remembers the first week. Schedule the send on their first day, so it goes out on time.

Yes, in every team, so you can compare onboarding across teams and months. Add a question that names the team if you want to filter Results by it.

Four or five. This template asks four, takes under a minute and a half, and the first question can be answered inside the email.

Select the low ratings in Results to read the same people's answers on delays and advice, then talk with the new hire and their manager that week. In the inbox, give the response an owner, a status and a note, so the follow-up doesn't get lost.

Yes. Duplicate the survey for each milestone and adjust the questions, or keep them the same to see how readiness grows. Each milestone gets its own scheduled send.

Yes. Every template comes with every plan, the free plan included, and the free plan covers 150 responses a month across your surveys.

Yes. The template becomes your own survey, so reword any question, add or remove questions, and change the options and the logic. The gallery stays as it is.

Yes, from Starter. The template is written in US English. Add languages by hand or with AI translation, and each person sees the survey in their browser's language.

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