Steps: Set Up Assessments for Candidates
Security:
- Set Up: Recruitingdomain in the Recruiting and Talent Pipeline functional areas.
- Staffing Actions: Job Requisition Assessmentsdomain in the Staffing functional area.
You can request candidates to complete assessment tests when:
- You move candidates to the Assessment stage in the recruiting process.
- The candidate applies for a job using an external career site.
You can also complete the Assessment stage for a candidate using the
Assess Candidate
web service. To retrieve assessment information, use the Get Assess Candidate
web service.- Set up assessment-related integrations with your vendors.
- Edit Domain Security Policies.Configure the security policies for theCandidate Data: Assessment Resultsdomain in the Recruiting functional area.
- Edit Business Processes.Configure theAssess Candidatebusiness process.As you complete this step, consider:Business Process StepDescriptionAssess CandidateEnables recruiters to select the recruitment tests the candidate takes. If there are assessment tests configured on the evergreen or job requisitions, they automatically display.IntegrationEnables a third-party vendor to administer 1 or more assessment tests.Take Candidate AssessmentEnables recruiters to send theTake Assessmenttask to:
- An external candidate's Candidate Home account.
- An internal candidate.
- A nonworker.
Workday recommends that you configure this step to run parallel with anIntegrationstep.Make Assessment DecisionEnables you to move the candidate to the next stage in the recruiting workflow or decline the candidate. Make this step the completion step. - (Optional) Access theMaintain Recruiting Assessment Categoriestask.Create categories for your assessment tests.
- Access theMaintain Recruiting Assessment Teststask.Set up individual assessment tests to track and evaluate candidates at a more granular level. Inline assessments must have an integration system.
- Access theMaintain Assessment Statusestask.Create assessment statuses for use on individual tests, overall ratings, or both.
- (Optional) Access theMaintain Job Requisition Assessment Defaultstask.If there aren't any assessments aligned to a job requisition, select theAutomatically Include Blank Row on Assess Candidate Taskcheck box to create an empty row on theAssess Candidatetask grid.Create condition rules to use to populate assessment tests on job requisitions and theAssess Candidatetask.
- (Optional) Set up task consolidation for theAssess Candidatebusiness process.
- Configure theJob Applicationbusiness process to includeAssessmentas a stage.
- Create evergreen and job requisitions.
- (Optional) Create External Career Sites.Enter instructions in theApply Inline Assessmentsection. These instructions provide help to candidates taking an inline assessment test as a part of their job application.
- (Optional) Configure segmented security for assessment test results.
When a candidate applies to a job using an external career site and completes an assessment test, Workday records the results on the candidate profile. The status displays if you or the assessment vendor included it.
When a candidate moves to the
Assess Candidate
stage, Workday:
- Creates anAssessmentevent.
- Sets the status toAssessment.
- Sends a task to the assigned role's My Task for the configured step.