Steps: Set Up Assessments for Candidates

Security:

Set Up: Recruiting
domain in the Recruiting and Talent Pipeline functional areas.

Staffing Actions: Job Requisition Assessments
domain 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.

See:

Concept: Workday Studio.

Steps: Set Up Inline Assessments Integration.

Edit Domain Security Policies.

Configure the security policies for the Candidate Data: Assessment Results
domain in the Recruiting functional area.

Edit Business Processes.

Configure the Assess Candidate
business process.

As you complete this step, consider:

Business Process Step	Description
Assess Candidate	Enables recruiters to select the recruitment tests the candidate takes. If there are assessment tests configured on the evergreen or job requisitions, they automatically display.
Integration	Enables a third-party vendor to administer 1 or more assessment tests.
Take Candidate Assessment	Enables recruiters to send the Take Assessment task to: An external candidate's Candidate Home account. An internal candidate. A nonworker. Workday recommends that you configure this step to run parallel with an Integration step.
Make Assessment Decision	Enables 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 the

Maintain Recruiting Assessment Categories

task.

Create categories for your assessment tests.

Access the

Maintain Recruiting Assessment Tests

task.

Set up individual assessment tests to track and evaluate candidates at a more granular level. Inline assessments must have an integration system.

Access the

Maintain Assessment Statuses

task.

Create assessment statuses for use on individual tests, overall ratings, or both.

(Optional) Access the

Maintain Job Requisition Assessment Defaults

task.

If there aren't any assessments aligned to a job requisition, select the

Automatically Include Blank Row on Assess Candidate Task

check box to create an empty row on the

Assess Candidate

task grid.

Create condition rules to use to populate assessment tests on job requisitions and the

Assess Candidate

task.

(Optional) Set up task consolidation for the Assess Candidate
business process.

See Steps: Set Up Task Consolidation.

Configure the Job Application
business process to include Assessment
as a stage.

See Steps: Configure the Job Application Business Process.

Create evergreen and job requisitions.

See:

Create and Edit Evergreen Requisitions.

Create and Edit Job Requisitions.

(Optional) Create External Career Sites.

Enter instructions in the

Apply Inline Assessment

section. 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.

See Steps: 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 an Assessment
event.

Sets the status to Assessment
.

Sends a task to the assigned role's My Task for the configured step.