Surveys: How to create a survey in Engage – Deel

Surveys enable organizations to create and assign feedback and assessment processes to employees. They consist of multiple types of questions:

Single choice
Multiple choice
Rating
Open-ended questions
Net Promoter Score (NPS) questions

Deel Survey Capabilities	Clients/Admins	Employees (Participants)
Can build surveys and assign surveys (manually or via CSV)	✅	❌
Can see other users' responses	✅	❌
Can edit survey content	✅	❌
Can view and complete assigned surveys	✅	✅

This guide explains how to create, assign, and manage Surveys in Engage.

For a step-by-step guide on how to set up Surveys in Engage, please see our Surveys in Engage tutorial.

Before you begin

To complete this guide, you'll need:

An organization admin role on Deel
To have set up Engage

Step 1. Create a survey

1. Go to Engage > Survey.

2. On the Surveys page, click Create.

3. Customize survey form and click Publish.

By default, survey Response Privacy is set to Public. Change this to Anonymous if you don't want participant identities to be stored or displayed.

The survey is published and can be assigned to employees.

Survey questions cannot be edited after they are published.

Step 2. Assign a survey

Only published surveys can be assigned to employees.

Now that the survey is published, it can be assigned to employees. Assignments can be made immediately or scheduled for a later time. Surveys can have due dates in a specific time zone.

1. Select a published survey and go to Participants.

2. Click Assign

3. In the Assign employees modal, select employees and click Assign.

The survey is assigned to employees, and they’ll be notified via email to fill it out.

4. You can send Survey reminders by selecting the assigned participant(s) and clicking Send reminder.

Step 3. Manage a survey

After the survey is published and assigned to employees, it can now be managed.

Published surveys stay open to responses until they are closed, either immediately or scheduled for a specific date.

To change or end (close) a survey’s deadline:

Go to the published survey and click the ellipsis (…) menu.
Select Edit deadline.
Enter a new due date and click Save changes.

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

[ACCORDION] Can surveys be deleted?

Surveys cannot be deleted once they are published; they can only be closed.

[ACCORDION] Can some questions be skipped?

Yes, set questions as optional or mandatory, allowing you to control whether they can be skipped.

[ACCORDION] What are NPS questions?

Net Promoter Score (NPS) questions gauge how likely employees are to recommend your product or service or workplace environment, offering insights into overall satisfaction and growth potential.

[ACCORDION] Can survey assignments be automated?

No, currently, survey assignments can not be automated. They must be manually assigned.

[ACCORDION] What kinds of statistics are available for surveys?

Statistics available include results based on question types as well as overall survey progress.

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