TL;DR

This is a good survey, I like it!

But it could be better!

Ok, let's be honest..

Generally, I liked questions in survey (especially, the jar), but let's be honest - some of them will not be answered correctly. I will provide an example:

When evaluating a new employment opportunity what's most important to you? (please select 3 things that matter most)

What is fine here - is first part. What is not fine here - is the second part. I always could not understand why HR-related questions are trying to restrict a person with "N conditions". Yes, we are living not in ideal world, but:

Most likely, I will have more conditions for job place in order to satisfy my requests. I'm quite sure in my professional qualification, that's why I will choose, judging by "Work/life balance" AND "Company stage" AND "Industry" AND "Salary" AND "Office location" AND "Tech stack" AND "Opportunity for advancement" - and it's hard to say for me which one is "better" or what is desired more. Because - all of them are important.

AND AND AND AND AND AND - and it's hard to say for me which one is "better" or what is desired more. Because - all of them are important. May be I will have two groups - primary and secondary - thus, is some things don't fit my primary group, I won't even pay attention to position / offer. And then - if I will find several options, I will take a look to "benefits" which will be in secondary group - such as "Remote working options" for example (but, remember, those are only for me - other people may have other preferences).

So the point is - in the example above - the people who are on advanced professional level - will not just able to answer properly. Because - it's how it works, if person knows that his/her knowledge is valued enough, he/she will be more strict and expect more from next career opportunity. Thus, I am not sure such things as "select N from.." should be proposed - if some precise/honest answer will be expected.

Cross-checks?

And now I see:

When evaluating job opportunities how important is the ability to work remotely?

with an option to answer "Very important". So, what if a person didn't check that in previous question (see above, there is such option there)? Will it be considered as a "lie"? (because it's "yes" + "no" answers for same question). Ok, I understand, that previous example doesn't say "Select ONLY 3 and others don't matter" - but then, I think, such overlaps should be reconsidered, so this question should be removed and "count of options" for previous question should be increased by one. I hope this is not about "checking applicant for lie" - in my opinion, this is a greatest mistake for each HR process, because it is about - lack of trust.

Public projects?

Here is another thing:

Which of the following would make you most likely to respond to a message about a new job opportunity? (select up to 3)

With options: "Message is personalized" and "Code or projects I've worked on are referenced" (same as "Stack Overflow activity is mentioned"). I found these as an odd options for one question - because - how message could be not personalized and in same time mention projects on which I am/was working? So, it is about some "public projects" (so, let's say, open-source), but then, most probably, message will be somehow aware of me. Or, more, about SO activity. How it can be non-personalized and in same time, contain some data of my SO activity? It is confusing at lest - thus, one option includes others. It might be fine, if, again, there was no limitation on 3 possible choices.

Conclusion

Things above are not "just bad" - but they might be improved. Some things I just don't like in HR process and some questions in survey partly reminded me about that. So I created a short list, while was going through questions - and placed it above. I hope it will help SE team to improve such events in future.