Guidelines for Scoring Questions

Consider the following guidelines when using the Score Question option for questions used in questionnaires.

Prescreening Questions

You can score questions in external and internal prescreening questionnaires filled by candidates when they apply for a job. This helps rank job applications based on prescreening score.

When you create a prescreening question with a single choice or multiple choice answer, you can select the Score Question option and set a score to each answer of the question. The application automatically calculates the questionnaire overall score where such question is used.

When you change the score of a question, you can see the maximum possible score of all impacted questionnaires adjusted right away. Here's how it works. You can change questions added to questionnaires not being used. Changes are reflected right away in questionnaires, with the exception of any overwritten score at the questionnaire level. If you want to change questions in questionnaires being used, consider the following:

• You will need to create a new version of the question if you want to change:

  • Answer labels, including translation

  • Context

  • Question type

  • Question score

• The new version of the question will be propagated in questionnaires not being used, unless they have overwritten question's score.

Disqualification Questions

Disqualification questions require a score so that candidates submitting a job application are entered in the selection process or are automatically disqualified.

When you create a disqualification question, you need to select the Score Question option then define a negative score for the response that disqualifies candidates. Let's say this disqualification question is added to a questionnaire and it's the only question in the questionnaire. If the candidate answers Yes, the candidate is automatically disqualified.

Question	Answer	Score
Are you entitled to work in the United States?	Yes	-1
	No	0

A single answer to a negative score of a disqualification question will disqualify a candidate. You no longer need to enter a big negative score number to cover for all cases of usage with various positive numbers.