Candidate survey template
Use this template for surveying your candidates for diversity tracking purposes. For more information on best practices, check out our in-depth tutorial on how to track your diversity metrics as part of your company’s DEI strategy.
Gender, sex, and sexual orientation questions
Gender:
1. Select the gender that you most identify with:
- Cisgender
- Transgender
- Non-binary
- Genderqueer or genderfluid
- Agender
- Two-spirit
- Questioning or unsure
- Not listed
- Prefer not to disclose
Sex:
2. Select your sex:
- Male
- Female
- Intersex
- Not listed
- Prefer not to disclose
Sexual orientation:
3. Select the sexual orientation that best suits you:
- Asexual
- Bisexual
- Gay
- Straight (heterosexual)
- Lesbian
- Pansexual
- Queer
- Questioning or unsure
- Same-gender loving
- Not listed
- Prefer not to disclose
Race and ethnicity questions
Race:
4. Select the race or ancestry that best describes you:
- East Asian
- South Asian
- Southeast Asian
- Pacific Islander
- Black / African American / POC
- Native American / First Nations / Indigenous
- White / Caucasian
- Multiracial / Biracial
- Not listed
- Prefer not to disclose
Ethnicity:
5. Select the ethnicity that you most identify with:
- Australian / New Zealander
- Arabic
- South Asian
- East Asian
- Middle Eastern
- Mainland European
- British / Irish / Scottish / Welsh
- North American
- Central American
- South American
- Hispanic
- African
- Not listed
- Prefer not to disclose
Religion questions
6. Select the religious group that you most identify with:
- Christianity
- Islam
- Judaism
- Hinduism
- Buddhism
- Not listed
- Prefer not to disclose
7. How religious do you consider yourself to be (especially in terms of observances, etc.)?
- Not religious
- Moderately religious
- Very religious
- Prefer not to disclose
Disability questions
8. If you have a disability or impairment, please select the challenge facing you:
- Hearing
- Vision
- Cognitive
- Communicative
- Neurodiversity
- Physical mobility
- Mental health
- ‘Unseen’ disability (i.e. diabetes, asthma, epilepsy)
- No disability or impairment
- Not listed
- Prefer not to disclose