Streamlining Chaos to Lead with Intent
Since the advent of cloud computing in 2006, the delivery of software solutions to customers has shifted from a multi-year journey to a daily activity. Tech companies, large and small, are moving faster and...
Correspondence Analysis: What is it, and how can I use it to measure my Brand? (Part 2 of 2)
In our previous post , Correspondence Analysis: What is it, and how can I use it to measure my brand? (Part 1 of 2), we discussed the uses and benefits of correspondence analysis, and...
Correspondence Analysis: What is it, and how can I use it to measure my Brand? (Part 1 of 2)
Correspondence analysis reveals the relative relationships between and within two groups of variables, based on data given in a contingency table. For brand perceptions, these two groups are brands and the attributes that apply...
How we interview in Engineering at Qualtrics
At Qualtrics, we work hard to cultivate our engineering culture. As part of our hiring process, we assess whether or not we believe that candidates will make a positive impact on our organization. We...
Happy Holidays
Every year at Qualtrics, we close the office during the last week of December so our employees can spend time with family, travel, and recharge. This is also around the time we typically wrap...
Lessons learned from a large-scale data migration
Qualtrics helps customers collect and analyze data so they can make optimal business decisions. A core component of this is giving customers the ability to create, deploy, manage, analyze, and follow-up on surveys. These...
Building a Platform for Distribution A/B testing
Survey taking has evolved from pencil and paper to more robust options. In today’s inundation of noise and technology, it’s increasingly challenging to get users to provide feedback about their experiences. One interesting way...
How to Think Full-Stack
I’d like to share some thoughts on what it means to be a full-stack developer and how to think full-stack while building a web application. But first, a disclaimer: I wouldn’t call myself a...
Indexing Text for Both Effective Search and Accurate Analysis
At Qualtrics, Text iQ is the tool that allows our users to find insights from their free response questions. Powering Text iQ are various microservices that analyze the text and build models for everything...
Load Testing with Apache JMeter
As new clients are onboarded, how do we at Qualtrics ensure that our applications can withstand the growing user base? We hammer our systems in a controlled environment via load testing. This allows us...