Survey example: API Developers survey about developer onboarding experience

This is an example of an AI survey for API developers about developer onboarding experience—a conversational survey built to help you gain deep insights quickly. If you want to see and try the example, go ahead; it’s worth a look.

We all know that creating effective onboarding surveys for API developers can be a hassle, especially when you need actionable insight but end up with vague, surface-level responses.

Specific is built for moments like this: All the tools and examples you see here come from Specific, the go-to authority for AI-powered conversational surveys.

What is a conversational survey and why AI makes it better for API developers

Designing onboarding surveys that actually help you improve the developer experience can be tough. Most traditional forms ask generic questions, making it hard to get valuable feedback, or they overwhelm new API developers with too much at once. Only 12% of employees strongly agree their company does a great job onboarding, and a full 81% of new hires report feeling overloaded during onboarding [3]. For API teams, those numbers hit home: without the right feedback, the onboarding process never gets better.

That’s where an AI survey generator comes in. Instead of static forms, conversational surveys—like the survey example presented here—use chat-powered interactions to make the experience natural and engaging, leading to richer and more candid answers from API developers. AI handles the flow, phrasing, and even pacing of each question, removing the "blast-you-with-questions" feeling and making room for clarity and real insight.

Why use AI for API developer surveys?

• Fast, expert-level survey design: The AI knows what works—no more guesswork on what to ask.

• Conversational format boosts engagement: Developers are far more likely to finish and give detailed answers.

• Automatic follow-up questions ensure clarity and prevent ambiguous responses.

• Instant results and insights: AI quickly finds key themes and areas for improvement in onboarding.

• See some tips for effective onboarding survey questions for API developers.

Specific delivers the best conversational survey experience for both the survey creator and every API developer who replies. If you want to create your own survey from scratch, it’s as effortless as chatting with the AI builder.

Automatic follow-up questions based on previous reply

The real superpower here: Specific’s AI automatically asks smart follow-up questions whenever a developer’s reply could go deeper or needs clarification. This isn’t just a nice touch—it fundamentally improves feedback by capturing full context, reducing the need for time-consuming follow-up emails or slack pings. If a developer drops a hazy answer, the AI notices and nudges for details right away.

• API Developer: “It was a bit confusing at first.”

• AI follow-up: “Could you tell me which part of the onboarding process felt unclear or confusing to you?”

• API Developer: “I struggled with the authentication step.”

• AI follow-up: “What specific issues did you encounter with authentication? Was it documentation, code samples, or something else?”

If you skip follow-ups, you’re left guessing—or chasing answers later. Not anymore. Try generating an AI-powered developer onboarding survey and see how instantly the feedback quality levels up. You can read more about automatic AI follow-up questions here.

Because of these follow-ups, the survey becomes a real conversation. Respondents feel heard, and you get deeper insights. That’s what makes a conversational survey different—and better.

Easy editing, like magic

Quick changes? No need to wrestle with clunky forms or templates. With Specific’s AI survey editor, just explain what you want to change—add questions, adjust tone, tweak follow-up logic—and the AI updates your survey automatically, within seconds. Editing becomes as easy as chatting with a colleague (except the AI never misunderstands you). No more tedious manual work. You stay focused on the feedback you need, not the structure or the syntax.

Survey delivery for API developers onboarding feedback

How you share your survey matters for response rates and quality. With Specific, you’ve got both flexibility and convenience, whether you’re gathering onboarding feedback from external API users or internal engineering teams. Consider:

• Sharable landing page surveys: Perfect for sending the onboarding experience survey via email, internal chat, or developer documentation. Developers can reply from any device, wherever suits them best.

• In-product surveys: Ideal for capturing onboarding insights at critical moments within your app—like after a developer completes their first API call or sets up authentication. It meets them where they work, boosting completion and giving you feedback in context.

When API developers are your audience and onboarding experience is your focus, in-product surveys often deliver richer, immediate feedback. But don’t overlook the power of a dedicated, shareable landing page—especially for external users or partners. For a breakdown on building your own, see our how to create an API developer onboarding survey guide.

AI-powered analysis and actionable insights

Specific’s AI survey analysis takes every response and instantly highlights the most common themes, pain points, and actionable ideas—no spreadsheets or manual tagging needed. You can filter by response type, see automatic topic detection, and even chat directly with AI about the results to answer “what stands out?” or “where do API developers get stuck most?” For a deep dive on analyzing developer onboarding survey responses with AI, check out our best tips.

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Get hands-on with this conversational survey example for API developers’ onboarding—see how expert-designed questions, AI-driven follow-ups, and instant insights can transform your feedback process in minutes.