Field Market Research Interviewer Part-Time Paid per Shift Car Required
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Field Market Research Interviewer | Part-Time, Flexible | Paid per Shift | Car Required
Join Ipsos and step into a role where every shift takes you on the move. As a Field Market Research Interviewer, you’ll travel on local bus routes and speak with passengers to help improve public transport across the UK.
A Day in the Life
You start your shift by heading to your assigned bus route or stop. Equipped with your Ipsos tablet, forms, and ID badge, you hop on the bus and begin your journey.
As the bus travels through your local area, you:
- Approach passengers during their journey
- Ask a short set of questions
- Capture their experiences and feedback
- Occasionally record footfall as required
Some shifts involve **being on the bus for the full route**, while others may involve **a fixed three-hour session at a bus stop or bus station**. Either way, **free travel is provided on the bus you interview on**.
You’ll meet people from all walks of life, gather valuable insights, and complete your shift knowing your work helps shape the future of public transport.
What You Can Expect
- Paid per shift
- Around 2 shifts per week, depending on workload in your area
- Full training provided
- Flexible part-time work
- Additional opportunities available, paid per performance
Why Join Ipsos?
- Award-winning training
- Inclusive and supportive teams
- Discounts through *Ipsos More*
- Wellbeing resources through *Ipsos Wellbeing*
You’d Be Great If You:
- Enjoy talking with people
- Full driving licence
- Can confidently approach the public
- Want flexible work that fits around your life
- Are comfortable being on buses and travelling as part of the job
- Are interested in long-term fieldwork opportunities
Ready to get started? Apply now and become part of our national team of Market Research Interviewers.
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🚌 Emphasise your comfort with public transport and mobile working as this role requires travelling on bus routes daily
🗣️ Highlight your people skills and confidence approaching strangers, as you'll be interviewing passengers during their journeys
🚗 Ensure your full driving licence is prominently displayed as it's essential for reaching assigned routes and stops
📊 Mention any experience with tablets, surveys or data collection as you'll use Ipsos equipment for recording responses
⏰ Showcase your flexibility and availability for part-time shift work, as scheduling varies with local workload
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- •Conducted 150+ passenger interviews per week across 12 local bus routes, achieving 95% response rate through confident public engagement
- •Collected footfall data for 8 bus stations using Ipsos tablet systems, delivering accurate transport usage metrics within 3-hour shifts
- •Maintained 98% data quality standards while interviewing passengers on moving buses, adapting survey techniques for different journey lengths
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Ipsos's field market research programme for public transport improvement aligns perfectly with my interest in community engagement and flexible working. My confidence in approaching people and full driving licence make me well-suited for conducting passenger surveys across Llandrindod Wells bus routes.
My background in customer-facing roles has developed strong interpersonal skills essential for gathering quality survey data from diverse passengers during their journeys.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How would you handle technical issues with the Ipsos tablet during a shift?
- ›What methods would you use to accurately record passenger footfall data?
- ›How would you ensure data quality when collecting survey responses on a moving bus?
- ›What backup procedures would you follow if equipment failed mid-shift?
- ›How would you manage survey forms and digital data simultaneously?
Behavioural
- ›Describe a time when you had to approach strangers in a public setting
- ›How would you handle a passenger who refuses to participate in the survey?
- ›Tell me about a situation where you had to work independently without direct supervision
- ›How do you maintain motivation during repetitive tasks?
- ›Describe how you would adapt your approach for different types of bus passengers
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Describe a time when you had to approach strangers in a public setting
How would you handle a passenger who refuses to participate in the survey?
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