Job Candidate Evaluation Form

Use This Sample Job Candidate Evaluation to Assess Your Job Candidates

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How to Evaluate Your Job Candidates

Do you need a sample job candidate evaluation form that you can use as you interview your prospective employees?

This form enables your staff members, who are participating in the interview process with a candidate, to assess the individual's qualifications. The format provides a method for comparing the interviewers' impressions of various candidates.

The questions also provide guidance about the type of skills and potential contributions the interviewers should be assessing in each candidate they interview. This format allows you to customize the questionnaire with any additional assessments you believe are necessary for the pertinent position.

Over time, you will want to develop customized job interview questions for every position you commonly fill. Even in the short term, provide some guidance to the managers and other interviewers about which questions each interviewer is responsible for asking. They will then make a better impression on your candidates.

As an example, when hiring a salesperson, the hiring manager might have the responsibility to assess the individual's sales ability, his or her aggressiveness, and other specific work requirements. The Human Resources Director may want to assess the candidate's cultural fit with both questions and observations about how the candidate treated staff.

A peer will want to know how the candidate works in a team environment, how the candidate handles rejection, how the candidate gets leads and how the person might fit as a coworker. Another employee who performs the same job as the one the candidate is interviewing to do can assess the candidate's knowledge and job fit.

If you share questions and responsibility across interviewers, you will learn more about the candidate. You will discover whether the candidate fits your organization. The candidate will not experience the same interview questions repeatedly which can cause interview fatigue.

This is a real drag on a candidate to repeatedly answer the same questions. It may also leave the candidate with an unfavorable view of your organization. At your job candidate recruiting planning meeting, assign responsibility for areas of assessment and interview questions.

Take a look at the suggested format to obtain insight into how you approve interview questions for this role. It might fairly and more objectively compare the skills, experience, and characteristics of the candidates you have chosen to interview.

Below is the sample candidate evaluation form.

Candidate Evaluation Form

Position:

Candidate Name:

Interviewer Name:

Interview Date:

Based on the interview, please evaluate the candidate's qualifications for the position listed above. In each section, space is provided to write additional job-specific comments. If one of the questions does not apply to the position, please write N/A in the comment section.

Education / Training

The candidate has the necessary education and/or training required for the position.

_____ Exceeds requirements

_____ Meets requirements

_____ Needs a little more training

_____ Doesn't meet requirements

Comments:

Work Experience

The candidate has prior work experience that is related to the position.

_____ Extensive experience

_____ Meets requirements

_____ Not related but transferable skills

_____ No prior experience

Comments:

Skills (Technical)

The candidate demonstrated to your satisfaction that he/she had the necessary technical skills to perform the job successfully.

_____ Exceeds requirements

_____ Meets requirements

_____ Needs a little more training

_____ Doesn't meet requirements

Comments:

Supervising Others

The candidate demonstrated to your satisfaction that he/she had the necessary experience in supervising or managing other employees to perform the job successfully.

_____ Exceeds requirements

_____ Meets requirements

_____ Needs a little more training

_____ Doesn't meet requirements

Comments:

Leadership Skills

The candidate demonstrated to your satisfaction that he/she had the necessary leadership skills to perform the job successfully.

_____ Exceeds requirements

_____ Meets requirements

_____ Needs a little more training

_____ Doesn't meet requirements

Comments:

Interpersonal Skills

Communication: articulates ideas clearly both written and orally.

_____ Exceeds requirements

_____ Meets requirements

_____ Needs a little more training

_____ Doesn't meet requirements

Comments:

Teamwork

Demonstrated the ability to work well in a team and with superiors, peers, and reporting staff.

_____ Exceeds requirements

_____ Meets requirements

_____ Needs a little more training

_____ Doesn't meet requirements

Comments:

Time Management

Demonstrated the ability to manage time independently and work efficiently.

_____ Exceeds requirements

_____ Meets requirements

_____ Needs a little more training

_____ Doesn't meet requirements

Comments:

Customer Service

Demonstrated the ability to be customer focused.

_____ Exceeds requirements

_____ Meets requirements

_____ Needs a little more training

_____ Doesn't meet requirements

Comments:

Motivation for the Job

The candidate expressed interest and excitement about the job.

_____ Exceeds requirements

_____ Meets requirements

_____ Needs a little more training

_____ Doesn't meet requirements

Comments:

Problem Solving

Demonstrated the ability to design innovative solutions and solve problems.

_____ Exceeds requirements

_____ Meets requirements

_____ Needs a little more training

_____ Doesn't meet requirements

Comments:

Skill Needed

List an additional skill specific to the job you are filling.

Demonstrated the ability to:

_____ Exceeds requirements

_____ Meets requirements

_____ Needs a little more training

_____ Doesn't meet requirements

Comments:

Skill Needed

List an additional skill specific to the job you are filling.

Demonstrated the ability to:

_____ Exceeds requirements

_____ Meets requirements

_____ Needs a little more training

_____ Doesn't meet requirements

Comments:

Skill Needed

List an additional skill specific to the job you are filling.

Demonstrated the ability to:

_____ Exceeds requirements

_____ Meets requirements

_____ Needs a little more training

_____ Doesn't meet requirements

Comments:

Overall Recommendation

_____ Highly recommend

_____ Recommend

_____ Need clarification of qualifications

_____ Do not recommend

Comments: