Screen out the Candidates and evaluate them on the basis of their answers.
Written by Shruti Patel
You can evaluate the candidates and make your screening more precise to get the best and most efficient candidates, which can also increase Client satisfaction.
You can ask various questions with the help of a questionnaire and can judge the Candidates accordingly.
You can configure screening questions for internal use and external usage as well.
Internal Questions: We will verbally ask candidates when conversing with them and add their responses as a summary in the system.
External Questions: Add these questions to the application form so that candidates can revert/reply to them while applying for a job.
Step 1: Access the "Questionnaire" Module by clicking the three dots at the bottom left corner of the screen.
After clicking on the questionnaire, a particular screen will appear.
Step 2: Click on the Add Questionnaire button to create a new questionnaire.
Step 3: Add the name of the Questionnaire. Add questions one by one to include in the Questionnaire.
Add questions one by one to include in the Questionnaire.
Step 4: To Add a Question, select the details below, click Save, and add the question to the Questionnaire.
1. Choose the type of question: Free text, multi-select, email, etc.
2. Add Question Name
3. Mark it as Mandatory: if you want, any applicant should not miss this question out
4. Mark it as Knockout: if you want any applicant who answers this question incorrectly, they should automatically be rejected and should receive an email that they have not been shortlisted.
5. Weightage: assign weightage to the question for your internal evaluation
6. Mark the question as Internal or External: Turn the button green to make it Internal or Grey for External questions.
You can add a Screening questionnaire to a particular Job from the Job screen.
Navigation Link: https://app.ismartrecruit.com/openJob
Step 1: Access the Active Jobs Scree from the left-hand side menu. 
Step 2: Click on the Job in which you want to add screening questions, and choose the Screening tab in the job view dialogue box.
Step 3: Click the "Configure Questions" button and Choose the questionnaire from the list.
Step 4: Click on Add, and all questions for the chosen questionnaire will be added to the job.
Note: You can add more questions by clicking the Add Question button.
Candidates will view all the External questions you added to the job when they submit their application for the job from your company's advertisements.
You can edit the added questions of a job by clicking the Pencil icon for each question.
After clicking the edit icon(pencil icon), you will see a pop-up form for editing the questionnaire. You can make changes by Clicking on the update button at the bottom to update the changes.
You can edit the existing Questionnaire by clicking on the title of the Questionnaire in the Questionnaire section. To go to the Questionnaire section, click on the three dots at the left-hand side of the menu and select Questionnaire.
Once you click on the questionnaire, you will see this type of screen.
Now, you can edit the existing Questionnaire by clicking on the title of the Questionnaire in the Questionnaire section.
Now, you must select the question type after clicking the Add Question.
After selecting the question type, you need to fill out the pop-up form and save it by clicking the save button at the bottom.
You can delete the added questions of a job by clicking the remove [X] icon for each question.
You can delete the existing questionnaire by clicking the X icon in the questionnaire section.
View the candidate's responses to the questions you added to the job in the screening tab of a particular job.
After Clicking on the View button, you can view all the answers and export them into PDF by clicking on the Export to PDF button at the bottom.
To Edit candidate responses to the questions you have added to a job, navigate to the Candidates tab of the specific job. Then, click the three dots icon and select the Edit Screening Answers option.
After clicking on Edit Screening Answers, the Edit Screening Answers screen will appear. There will be two types of answers: Internal and External Answers.
1. Internal
By default, the Internal Questions and Answers will be selected and displayed.
To update the answers, make your changes and click the "Update" button at the bottom of the page. Additionally, you can copy the Questions and Answers by clicking the "Copy Q&A" button or download them by selecting the "Download" button, both located at the bottom.
Also, you can answer/edit the Internal Questions while conducting the candidate's Interview.
2. External
You can edit the Screening Answers here and click the "Update" button at the bottom to update them. Additionally, you can copy the Questions and Answers by clicking the "Copy Q&A" button or download them by selecting the "Download" button, both located at the bottom.
After clicking on the download button, the questions and answers will be downloaded.
