Candidate evaluation form

CANDIDATE EVALUATION

Candidate’s Name:	Position Sought:	Date:	Interviewer’s Name:
		10/15/2017

This trait-based candidate appraisal uses key descriptive words for eight selected characteristics of career direction, verbal communication, personal qualities, attitude toward work, job qualifications, interview preparation/presentation, maturity, and appearance. The forced-word evaluation is summarized in an overall evaluation based upon a summary of the key descriptors.

Instructions: Click on the box in the gray area to select as many descriptive words as you feel apply. The words selected represent an impression of the candidate’s performance in the interview for each characteristic. At the bottom of each characteristic is a COMMENTS section. Please type in any comments you may have. Attach Candidate Evaluation as MS Word file to email and send to Professor.

CAREER DIRECTION Click on the box in the gray area to select as many descriptive words as possible that you find reasonably describes the candidate’s career direction at this point in time.
	Achievable	Developed	Knowledgeable	Resolved
	Advanced	Directed	Lack of specialization	Self-aware
	Aimless	Directionless	Logical	Self-confident
	Ambiguous	Disinterested	Misdirected	Targeted
	Ambitious	Driven	Motivated	Thoughtful
	Assertive	Explorer	Noncommittal	Unclear
	Assured	Goal-directed	On-track	Undefined
	Career-lost	Good perspective	Planned	Unfocused
	Career-oriented	Idealistic	Positive	Unrealistic
	Certain	Illogical	Practical	Unsure
	Clear	Impractical	Progress	Vague
	Concentrated	In control	Rational	Weak awareness
	Confused	Informed	Realistic	Well-defined
	Convincing	Insincere interests	Reasonable	Well-focused
	Defined
Comments:

CAREER COMMUNICATION Click on the box in the gray area to select as many descriptive words that you feel reasonably describes the candidate’s verbal communication abilities.
	Able	Disorganized	Nervous	Slang
	Animated	Dull	Organized	Smiles
	Articulate	Eloquent	Personal	Smooth tone
	Astute	Expressive	Pleasant	Structured
	Attentive	Familiar	Polished	Succinct
	Awkward	Formal	Poor grammar	Systematic
	British accent	Fresh	Precise	Tactful
	Careless	Homey	Presence	Thoughtful
	Clear	Illiterate	Rambles	Timid
	Closer	Immature	Rash	Twangy
	Competent	Intelligent	Rehearsed	Unclear
	Concise	Laid-back	Relaxed	Unfocused
	Confused	Leader	Repeater	Unprepared
	Conversationalist	Listener	Robotic	Used examples well
	Country accent	Literate	Rusty	Vague
	Deliberate	Mannered	Scrambled	Verbose
	Direct answers	Mixed-up	Sensible	Well-spoken
	Disarranged	Mumbles	Skillful	Wordy
Comments:

PERSONAL QUALITIES Click on the box in the gray area to select as many descriptive words as possible that you feel reasonably describes the candidate’s personal qualities and personality.
	Achiever	Egotistical	Laid-back	Poised
	Arrogant	Energized	Leader	Positive
	Artificial	Enthusiastic	Likeable	Pretentious
	Assertive	Excitable	Mature	Secure
	Attentive	Façade	Motivated	Self-deprecating
	Avid	Fake	Motivator	Serious
	Belligerent	Fidgety	Negative	Shallow
	Bored	Forceful	Nervous	Shy
	Charger	Go-getter	Nonchalant	Sincere
	Charismatic	Goal-directed	Noncommittal	Unenthused
	Comfortable	Happy	Obnoxious	Unnatural
	Compatible	Ill-at-ease	Outgoing	Uptight
	Confident	Immature	Overbearing	Warm
	Cordial	Imitator	Passive	Weak-willed
	Driver	Initiator	Personable	Wise
	Dull	Interest	Persuasive	Withdrawn
	Dynamic	Interesting	Phony	Witty
	Easy-going	Introverted	Plastic	Zealous
	Edgy
Comments:

ATTITUDE TOWARD WORK Click on the box in the gray area to select as many descriptive words as possible that you feel reasonably describes the candidate’s attitude toward work.
	Aggressive	Energetic	Loose	Responsible
	Ambitious	Enthusiastic	Narrow-minded	Results oriented
	Artificial	Fervent	Negative	Risk-taker
	Carefree	Flippant	Negligent	Self-starter
	Casual	Hard worker	Open-minded	Sensible
	Cautious	Hard working	Opinionated	Sloppy
	Committed	Unwavering	Perfectionist	Solid
	Competent	Inaccurate	Perseverant	Studious
	Competitive	Inactive	Persistent	Successful
	Complainer	Inattentive	Political	Team player
	Cool	Incompetent	Precise	Uncommitted
	Cooperative	Inconsistent	Principled	Unconcerned
	Dedicated	Indecisive	Proactive	Unmotivated
	Determined	Independent	Punctual	Unreasonable
	Diligent	Industrious	Reactive	Value conscious
	Disciplined	Initiator	Realistic	Wholesome
	Dollar-motivated	Intense	Reliable	Willing
	Eager	Irresponsible	Resourceful	Yakker
	Easygoing
Comments:

JOB QUALIFICATIONS (Skills, Major, Degree, Experience, Etc.) Click on the box in the gray area to select as many descriptive words as possible that you feel reasonably describes the candidate’s credentials for the opportunity available.
	Academically prepared	Follower	Perfect	Superior grades
	Achiever	Hustler	Performer	Superstar
	Adequate grades	Impressive	Poor grades	Talented
	Analytical	Inadequate experience	Problem-solver	Technically qualified
	Average	Inconsistent	Proficient	Theorist
	Capable	Innovator	Qualified	Thinker
	Committed	Intelligent	Related experience	Unacceptable grades
	Compatible	Leader	Requires training	Uncapable
	Competent	Mediocre	Satisfactory	Unqualified
	Conceptualizer	Mismatch	Self-centered	Unsatisfactory
	Dumb	Needs improvement	Self-starter	Weak experience
	Excellent	Outstanding	Sharp	Weak skills
	Experienced	Overqualified	Street-smart
Comments:

MATURITY Click on the box in the gray area to select as many descriptive words as possible that you feel reasonably describes the candidate’s maturity.
	Accountable	Flexible	Loner	Self-sufficient
	Action-maker	Follow-through	Naïve	Serious
	Assertive	Follower	Organizer	Shrewd
	Authoritative	Giggler	Participative	Smooth
	Bold	Groping	Poised	Sophomoric
	Bored	Haphazard	Potential	Sound judgment
	Calm	Imitator	Proactive	Stable
	Capable	Immature	Professional	Street-smart
	Cautious	Immoral	Proven	Talented
	Childish	Impulsive	Proven leader	Team player
	Competent	Indecisive	Prudent	Timid
	Confident	Independent	Rational	Trustworthy
	Confused	Inexperienced	Reactive	Truthful
	Decision maker	Inferior	Realistic	Unethical
	Decisive	Innovator	Reliable	Unproven
	Dependable	Joiner	Responsible	Unrealistic
	Dishonest	Juvenile	Self-confident	Unsure
	Emotional	Leader	Self-reliant	Valueless
	Experienced	Logical	Self-starter	Witty
Comments:

INTERVIEW PREPARATION/PRESENTATION (Research, Review, Analysis, Presentation of Facts) Click on the box in the gray area to select as many descriptive words as possible that you feel reasonably describes the candidate’s preparation and presentation for the interview.
	Adequate	Informed	Prepared	Too rehearsed
	Canned preparation	Inquisitive	Probing	Trite preparation
	Careless	Insightful	Provoking	Unaware
	Confused	Insufficient facts	Questions	Understand facts
	Distinctive	Interested	Read facts	Uninformed
	Focused	Knew facts	Rehearsed facts	Unprepared
	Follow-up questions	Knowledgeable	Repeats resume	Up-to-date
	Highly prepared	Made points	Sells	Weak interest
	Homework complete	Nonchalant	Superficial	Well-advised
	Ignorant	Perceptive	Surprised	Well-prepared
	Ill-prepared	Poor questions	Thorough	Well-read
	Indifferent
Comments:

APPEARANCE (Poise, Dress, Manners, Mannerisms) Click on the box in the gray area to select as many descriptive words as possible that you feel reasonably describes the candidate’s appearance as broadly defined above.
	Amateurish	Eye contact	Poise	Slouch
	Authoritative	Firm handshake	Polished	Sophisticated
	Average	Gestures	Poor body language	Sparkling
	Businesslike	Happy	Posture	Sweaty palms
	Careless	Image	Presence	Tasteful
	Clean	Messy	Professional	Timid
	Clean-cut	Military	Proper	Tired
	Conservative	Moderate	Refreshing	Unkempt
	Conventional	Neat	Relaxed	Unkept
	Crisp	Nervous	Respectful	Unprofessional
	Dirty	Obnoxious	Sharp	Untidy
	Dynamic	Personable	Slob	Well-dressed
	Excess makeup	Pleasant	Sloppy	Well-groomed
Comments:

SUMMARY Record evaluative overall analysis below and justify decision.
CAREER DIRECTION:
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS:
PERSONAL QUALITIES:
ATTITUDE TOWARD WORK:
JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
INTERVIEW PREPARATION:
MATURITY:
APPEARANCE:
RECOMMENDATIONS
	Invite for further interviews	Reject candidate	Extend job offer	Delay decision
Decision rationale:

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