Lifecycle surveys for onboarding and exit

Build a form once and add it to a workflow. Each employee gets it a set number of days from their first day, end of probation or last day, and answers can go straight to their manager.

Lifecycle surveys for onboarding and exit

How it works

How lifecycle surveys work

Step 1
Build the form

Build the form

Add sections and rating, single select, multiple choice or text questions. Mark any question as required.

Step 2
Add it to a workflow

Add it to a workflow

Add the Request a lifecycle survey step and pick the date it counts from: first day, end of probation or last day.

Step 3
Read the answers

Read the answers

See who has answered in one list, open each person's answers, or export the form to Excel.

Moments

Onboarding, probation and exit surveys

One form covers every employee who reaches the same moment. Pick the date it counts from and how many days before or after it the survey goes out.

  • Onboarding survey at day 30, 60 and 90

    Three survey steps in one onboarding workflow, each sent a set number of days after the first day.

  • Probation check-in

  • Exit interview before the last day

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Responses

Responses by person and by form

Every survey sent lands in one list with the person, the form and the date it went out. Open any completed form, or export a form to Excel.

  • One list for every form

    See who received each form, when it was sent and whether it is complete, filtered by department or location.

  • Each person's answers

  • Excel export with one row per person

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Scope

Lifecycle surveys and engagement surveys

Follow one employee through a moment

  • Triggered by each employee's own dates through a workflow
  • Answers can go to the manager or HR as soon as they arrive
  • Each person's answers, plus an Excel export of the form

Measure the whole company over a period

  • Sent to many people at once, on a schedule you set
  • eNPS, engagement drivers and heatmaps
  • Results shown only for groups above a minimum size

Workflows

Survey step in employee workflows

The survey is a step in the same workflow as onboarding tasks, welcome emails and offboarding steps. On the Professional plan, work anniversaries and custom date fields can start it too.

Workflows in Core HR
Survey step in employee workflows

Reminders

Invitations and automatic reminders

The invitation arrives in PeopleForce, by email and on mobile, plus Slack when connected. The link opens without signing in. Reminders follow up for up to two weeks.

Invitations and automatic reminders

Answers

Answers sent to the manager or HR

Choose who is notified when someone completes the form: their manager, a specific person, or a colleague named in a profile field. Each gets a link to the answers.

Answers sent to the manager or HR

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Dates from employee profiles

Hire, probation and last-day dates come from Core HR, so there is nothing to sync.

Dates from employee profiles

Personal survey links

Each person gets their own link, which opens without signing in to PeopleForce.

Personal survey links

Screens in their language

The survey interface follows the language set for each employee.

Screens in their language

Responses through the API

On the Professional plan, public API endpoints return lifecycle forms and responses.

Responses through the API

More in PeopleForce

Explore more of PeopleForce

Lifecycle surveys sit next to engagement surveys in Pulse and run on Core HR workflows.

Engagement scores by driver, team and segment

Run company-wide surveys on a schedule and read the results by driver, department and tenure, with an anonymity threshold you set.

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Beyond the features

Why HR teams choose PeopleForce

A dedicated team gets you live, real people keep answering after go-live, and there's room to add the rest of HR when you're ready.

Setup done with you

A dedicated success manager sets everything up with you — it’s included in the plan, not a paid add-on.

Support in your language

Real people, not a ticket queue, from your first question onwards.

Surveys and HR in one system

Survey dates come straight from Core HR profiles, so every new hire and leaver is covered.

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Frequently asked

What is exit interview software?

What should an onboarding survey ask?

Are lifecycle surveys anonymous?

Do I need a separate form for every new hire?

When should the exit survey go out?

Who can see the answers?

Which plan includes lifecycle surveys?

Can I get the answers into our own reports?

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