Online screening questionnaire – Technical Experts

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Just before we start, I would like to reassure you that any information you provide us with will be treated as confidential, and we will always hold the information you give securely, and delete it when no longer needed. Neither your name, nor the name of your organisation will be revealed to our client.

We conduct all studies in accordance with the UK Market Research Society Code of Conduct and, if you no longer wish to take part in the research, you can tell your interviewer at any time, and we will stop our conversation.

Can we proceed based on the above?*

Yes

Thank-you for the time you have taken to review this discussion – I will contact you about different projects in the future, if this is of interest to you?

SQ 1a) Which country / continent do you work from?*

a) United States of America

b) Canada

c) United Kingdom

d) Europe (mainland)

e) Australia

f) Other

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SQ 1b) Which age band do you fit?*

a) Less than 25

b) 25 - 34

c) 35 - 44

d) 45 - 54

e) 55 - 64

f) 65+

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SQ 2) And in which of the following companies do you currently work, or have you worked for previously?

a) Delivery Hero:*

i. Current employee

ii. employment ended within the last 12 months

iii. employment ended more than 12 months ago

iv. I have never worked for this company

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b) DoorDash:*

i. Current employee

ii. employment ended within the last 12 months

iii. employment ended more than 12 months ago

iv. I have never worked for this company

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c) Wolt:*

i. Current employee

ii. employment ended within the last 12 months

iii. employment ended more than 12 months ago

iv. I have never worked for this company

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d) Uber Eats:*

i. Current employee

ii. employment ended within the last 12 months

iii. employment ended more than 12 months ago

iv. I have never worked for this company

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e) Grubhub:*

i. Current employee

ii. employment ended within the last 12 months

iii. employment ended more than 12 months ago

iv. I have never worked for this company

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f) Just Eat Takeaway.com:*

i. Current employee

ii. employment ended within the last 12 months

iii. employment ended more than 12 months ago

iv. I have never worked for this company

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g) Amazon Logistics:*

i. Current employee

ii. employment ended within the last 12 months

iii. employment ended more than 12 months ago

iv. I have never worked for this company

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SQ 3) Which of the following best describes your current / recent role at one of the companies above (if more than one, select current or most recent)?*

a) Machine Learning Engineer

b) Data Scientist

c) AI Scientist

d) Product Manager

e) Data Analyst

f) Software Engineer (non-ML)

g) Other

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SQ 4) What is / was your level of seniority in this role?*

a) Principal / Distinguished

b) Staff / Lead

c) Senior

d) Mid-Level

e) Junior / Associate

f) Other

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SQ 5) In which of the following areas have you had direct, hands-on experience within the food delivery / logistics domain?*

a) Building or iterating on ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) models

b) Developing or improving courier routing or assignment algorithms   

c) Working on general logistics network optimisation   

d) Applying reinforcement learning or deep learning to solve logistics problems  

e) None of the above  

Please select one option: MULTICODE

SQ 6) For the areas you have selected above, could you please briefly describe 1 or 2 projects you have worked on?*

Please use 2 or 3 sentences: YOUR RESPONSE WILL BE KEY TO SELECTING FOR FULL INTERVIEW

Thank you for taking the time to complete these screening questions.

We would like to consider inviting you to a 60 minute interview. All responses will be treated anonymously, in strict confidentiality and in line with the 2018 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the collection of your data is only for the purpose of this study.

SQ 7) Are you comfortable participating in this research?*

a) Yes, that’s fine.

b) No, I am not interested.

c) I don’t know - ask me again in a few days.

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TECH QUESTIONS

T1 Would you say you are ‘fairly’ to ‘very confident’ about using a computer / technology?*

a) Yes

b) No

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T2 Do you have a Desktop or Laptop computer, as you will need one to take part in this session? The session cannot take place on a smartphone, tablet or iPad.*

a) Yes

b) No

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T3 Does your Desktop/Laptop have a working built-in webcam/camera AND a working microphone?*

a) Yes

b) No

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T4 For the session, you will be required to connect to the moderators via MS TEAMS. Are you willing and able to do this?*

a) Yes

b) No

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T5 Do you have a steady, strong internet connection?*

a) Yes

b) No

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T6 You will need to be in a quiet environment during the course of the interview where you will not be interrupted. Are you able to do this?*

a) Yes

b) No

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T7 You will need to log in 5 -10 mins before the session to ensure that there are not technical issues so the session can start on time. Are you happy to do this?*

a) Yes

b) No

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Thank-you - if you are selected, you will not be asked to reveal any confidential or market-sensitive information. No salesperson from our client would contact you as a result of your participation. However, acceptance to participate is on the condition that you would be happy for standard GDPR, Consent & Recontact ‘permissions’

Please advise here to indicate your acceptance of these conditions.

GDPR, CONSENT & RECONTACT

G1 The market research session will be recorded. Please be assured that these recordings are only ever used for the purposes of analysis and presentation of the findings and may be shared with the client?*

a) Yes

b) No

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G2 Do you agree to the session being audio recorded?*

a) Yes

b) No

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G3 Do you consent to the recordings being shared with our partners e.g transcription/translation agencies etc?*

a) Yes

b) No

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G4 Prior to the discussion, you may be asked via email or by signing a consent/NDA form about consent to BEING RECORDED, SHARING RECORDINGS WITH OUR SUPPLIERS, and CONFIDENTIALITY. Are you willing to do this?*

a) Yes

b) No

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G5 I must also express that by participating in this research anything disclosed during the course of the discussion should not be discussed with anyone outside of the discussion environment. Are you willing to do this?*

a) Yes

b) No

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G6 I need to add that anything you say will remain confidential and non-attributable - is that OK?*

a) Yes

b) No

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G7 If we need to contact you again specifically regarding this research study, do you give your consent for this?*

a) Yes

b) No

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G8 You may be contacted by us for validation purposes - do you give consent for this?*

a) Yes

b) No

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G9 We will store your information including contact details for 3 months for quality control purposes and to monitor previous participation. After 3 months the information that you have given us will be securely destroyed. Do you give your consent for this?*

a) Yes

b) No

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SQ 8a) APPOINTMENT

Thank-you. Could you suggest two or three times during wc 25th August and wc 1st September so that we can speak for 60 minutes when it’s mutually convenient.*

Earliest Date and Time*

Next Date and Time (if available)

SQ 8b) Thank-you, I would be grateful if you could confirm a few final details::

Your Name*

Your exact Job Title*

Job title of person you report to*

Company name*

Phone (inc international dialling code)*

Email*

LinkedIn profile link