People First: How do I add and edit preliminary screening questions in People First?

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Overview

This article explains how to manage the preliminary screening questions that appear in the recruitment application process. Screening questions have Yes or No answers and help you filter applicants before reviewing their full applications.

Prerequisites

  • Campaign Administrator access is required.

Add a screening question

Follow these steps to add a custom screening question:

  1. Select Administration from the My Apps menu.
  2. Select Configuration.
  3. Select Recruitment from the left-hand panel.

  4. Select Screening questions:

  5. Select Add question at the bottom of the page.
  6. Enter the question in the Create custom preliminary question window.

  7. Select Create:

Screening questions must have a Yes or No answer. Open-ended questions are not supported.

Edit or delete a screening question

Follow these steps to update or remove a custom question:

  1. Navigate to Administration / Configuration / Recruitment / Screening questions.
  2. Select Edit within the relevant preliminary question card.

  3. Amend the question and select Save, or select Delete to remove it entirely:

Default screening questions cannot be amended or deleted.

Tips and best practices

  1. Write screening questions as clearly as possible so applicants can answer with a confident Yes or No. Ambiguous questions may produce unreliable results and increase the volume of applications you need to review manually.

Next steps

After adding your screening questions, they are available to include when setting up a new campaign. Review any existing campaigns to confirm the correct questions are assigned.

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