Survey example: Employee survey about return to office experience

This is an example of an AI survey about Return To Office Experience for employees—a conversational survey you can see and try right now. See and try the example to explore how a modern approach instantly surfaces candid, useful feedback.

Crafting effective employee return to office experience surveys is tough. Most surveys feel generic, and rarely dig deeper on what really matters to employees—especially now, when workplace dynamics are rapidly shifting.

At Specific, we build tools that make creating and launching AI-powered, conversational surveys radically easier and more insightful. All tools you see here are powered by Specific.

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

Making great return to office experience surveys isn’t easy. The challenge? Typical surveys often deliver incomplete answers, low engagement, and surface-level insights. With employee sentiment split—64% of U.S. employees saying they’d choose remote or hybrid roles, and 55% willing to leave if forced back to full-time at the office—it’s clear why deeper understanding is non-negotiable for companies today. [1][2]

This is where AI survey generation comes in, providing a conversational survey experience that naturally keeps employees engaged and gives HR, managers, and researchers the clarity they need. Instead of a static form, the survey feels like a chat, so employees open up and provide richer details.

How is this better than traditional surveys?

Why use AI for employee surveys?

• Higher quality answers: In a field study with about 600 participants, AI-powered conversational surveys delivered responses that were more informative, relevant, and clear than traditional forms. [3]

• Less survey fatigue: The chat-style makes it easy for employees to express honest thoughts without slogging through endless checkboxes.

• Faster creation and launch: Using an AI survey builder removes the crisis of crafting every question from scratch. For return to office experience, the AI surfaces expert questions that actually matter. For custom use cases, create any survey in seconds.

At Specific, we focus on blending expert-level templates with best-in-class conversational surveys. That means it’s smooth sailing for both survey creators and employees—getting actionable feedback is no longer a pain or a guessing game. If you want inspiration on specific questions, check out best return to office survey questions for employees.

Automatic follow-up questions based on previous reply

Our take on surveys flips the script: Specific’s AI asks smart, contextual follow-ups (on the spot) based on each response—so you get the full picture, not just a vague headline. No chasing people for clarifications. No endless email threads.

• Employee: “I don’t like how the schedule is managed.”

• AI follow-up: “Could you share more about what specifically feels off about the current schedule?”

• Employee: “It’s harder to focus in the office.”

• AI follow-up: “Are there particular office conditions that make focusing difficult, or is it the type of work you’re assigned?”

Without these follow-ups? You get lost in ambiguity (“What exactly isn’t working?”). With AI, you get targeted, nuanced answers—effortlessly. Want to try it and see the difference? Dive in and generate a survey; you’ll notice the natural conversational flow immediately. Learn more on our automatic AI follow-up questions page.

Follow-ups make every employee survey a true conversational survey—creating space for real talk and real understanding.

Easy editing, like magic

Editing your return to office survey on Specific is as easy as chatting. Just tell the AI what you want changed (“make the tone more informal,” “add a question about collaboration,” “skip follow-ups on Q4”), and it instantly updates with best-practice logic. No need to wrangle with clunky forms or start from scratch—AI does all the tedious, detailed work for you, so you can make even big edits in seconds. Explore how seamless this can be on the AI survey editor page.

Survey delivery: landing pages and in-product

Specific offers flexible ways to deliver your survey, so you reach employees wherever they’re most likely to engage. For return to office experience surveys, you might:

• Sharable landing page surveys—Send a simple link via email or Slack to all office employees. Perfect for HR-wide RTO feedback or hybrid work check-ins.

• In-product surveys—Embed an AI survey right in your employee intranet or HR platform. Great for capturing context-sensitive feedback, e.g., after someone checks the office desk booking tool, or completes an RTO-related task.

Choose what matches your workflow—either way, launching is instant, and results stream into your dashboard for analysis.

From responses to insights: automated AI analysis

Analyzing survey responses with AI means you don’t slog through endless spreadsheets. Specific summarizes free-text feedback, highlights key themes, and surfaces actionable insights within seconds—turning qualitative employee feedback into real business intelligence. Features like automatic topic detection and direct chat with AI about your results are built in. For more on how this works, see how to analyze Employee Return To Office Experience survey responses with AI or read about AI survey response analysis.

See this return to office experience survey example now

Try this AI survey example to see how conversational surveys with automatic follow-ups deliver clarity and depth no static form ever could. Get deeper employee insights—fast, flexible, and easy—so you make decisions with confidence.