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Focus Group (FGD) Recruitment Checklist: Every Point Your Field Team Should Cover

A ready-to-use focus Group (FGD) Recruitment checklist with evidence requirements and completion rules.

4 min read · By the FieldVisit operations team

Focus Group (FGD) Recruitment

Short answer

What should a focus Group (FGD) Recruitment checklist include?

Focus Group (FGD) Recruitment is a field service in which a trained team finding and screening participants for focus group discussions, with confirmation and venue coordination. You share the locations and instructions; the team completes the visits, the evidence is reviewed, and you receive one consolidated report.

At a glance

What this covers
Every checklist point and its evidence rule
Division
Market research field work · Qualitative Research
Checklist points
5 standard checks
Report outputs
4 deliverables
Coverage
Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Panvel
Read time
4 min

What you will learn

  • Core checklist — 5 steps, in the order a field team works through them
  • Evidence rules — 4 points you can lift straight into your own brief
  • Turning the checklist into a field form — 5 steps, in the order a field team works through them

Core checklist

  1. Recruitment screener applied — photograph or record proof
  2. Profile and quota match — photograph or record proof
  3. No repeat or professional respondents — photograph or record proof
  4. Attendance confirmed — photograph or record proof
  5. Participant ID verified on the day — photograph or record proof

Evidence rules

  • Every photo carries the job ID and location ID
  • Wide shot for context plus close-up for detail
  • Time and location stamp kept on the file
  • Unclear or missing evidence triggers a revisit

Turning the checklist into a field form

  1. One question per line for each of the 5 points, with a fixed answer format
  2. A mandatory photograph against the points that decide the outcome, starting with recruitment screener applied
  3. A remarks box for anything the checklist does not cover
  4. An outcome code at the end of the form
  5. Job ID and location ID pre-filled rather than typed on site

When is a visit counted as complete?

A visit is complete only when every checklist item has an answer and the required evidence. Visits that could not be completed are marked inaccessible, with the reason, and sent to you for a revisit decision.

What you receive

  • Recruited participant grid
  • Screener copies
  • Attendance and incentive sheet
  • Replacement log

What to share before the visits

  • Research objective and target respondents
  • Questionnaire or screener
  • Sample size and quotas
  • Timeline and data format

Key takeaways

  • A focus Group (FGD) Recruitment checklist is only useful when each of the 5 points has one fixed answer format and a matching piece of evidence.
  • The checklist runs from recruitment screener applied to participant ID verified on the day, with evidence recorded against the points that decide the outcome.
  • You receive 4 outputs: Recruited participant grid, Screener copies, Attendance and incentive sheet, Replacement log.
  • Photographs are geo-tagged and time-stamped, every submission is reviewed by a supervisor and a random sample is back-checked — which is what makes a qualitative research record worth quoting internally.
  • Visits run across Mumbai City, the Western and Eastern Suburbs, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Panvel, and assignments typically start within one to three working days of a complete brief.

What to do next: turn the checklist into a brief

A checklist becomes an assignment the moment it has fixed wording, an evidence rule against each point and a location list behind it.

01

Freeze

Lock the wording of every point

Field staff answer exactly what is written. Keep all 5 points to one question with one answer format, including participant ID verified on the day.

02

Evidence

Attach a photo rule to each point

A wide shot for context and a close-up for detail, both carrying the job ID and location ID so the file can be matched later.

03

Send

Pair it with the location list and deadline

Send the checklist together with research objective and target respondents, questionnaire or screener, sample size and quotas, timeline and data format — that is a complete brief, with nothing left to chase.

Before you send it

Starting focus group (fgd) recruitment

Assignments typically start within one to three working days of a complete brief, depending on volume and spread.

Share a brief and location list

Frequently asked questions

What should a focus Group (FGD) Recruitment checklist include?

Focus Group (FGD) Recruitment is a field service in which a trained team finding and screening participants for focus group discussions, with confirmation and venue coordination. You share the locations and instructions; the team completes the visits, the evidence is reviewed, and you receive one consolidated report.

Which areas do you cover for focus Group (FGD) Recruitment?

Mumbai City, the Western and Eastern Suburbs, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Panvel, with local field teams in each area.

How fast can focus Group (FGD) Recruitment start?

Most assignments start within one to three working days of receiving a complete brief, depending on volume and spread.

What evidence will I receive?

Recruited participant grid and Screener copies, matched to a unique job and location ID.

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