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Candidate Pre-Screen

A structured initial screening for job candidates — covers motivation, experience, availability, and salary fit before a full interview.

14 questions~15 min to complete

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Questions

1.

What is your current role in your organization?

Identify the respondent's role to understand their context and perspective.

Multiple choiceRequired
2.

What is your current employment status?

Multiple choiceRequired
3.

What is your role in the hiring process?

Determine the candidate's involvement and authority in the hiring process.

Multiple choiceRequired
4.

How committed are you to finding a new role at this time?

Multiple choiceRequired
5.

What values are most important to you in a workplace?

Assess alignment with company values by identifying key values the candidate prioritizes.

Multiple choiceRequired
6.

What drew you to apply for this role and our organization?

Identify the primary factor that attracted the candidate to the role or organization.

Multiple choiceRequired
7.

How many years of relevant experience do you have for this type of role?

Multiple choiceRequired
8.

Briefly describe your most relevant experience for this position.

Focus on specific roles, responsibilities, and outcomes that directly apply to this position.

Long textRequired
9.

What challenges do you foresee in this role?

Identify specific obstacles or difficulties the candidate anticipates in the role and how they plan to address them.

Long textRequired
10.

What alternatives or workarounds have you already tried?

Discuss any previous strategies or solutions attempted to address similar challenges.

Long textRequired
11.

How urgent is this for you?

Determine the urgency of the candidate's need for a new role.

Multiple choiceRequired
12.

What is your ideal timeline for starting a new role?

Multiple choiceRequired
13.

What factors are most important to you in deciding to accept a job offer?

Understand the key factors influencing the candidate's decision to accept a job offer.

Multiple choiceRequired
14.

What would a successful outcome look like to you?

Describe the ideal result or achievement the candidate aims for in this role.

Long textRequired

What you'll get

After each completed session, Mayetik generates a structured AI summary. Here's an example of the output format — the actual content reflects each respondent's answers.

Sample AI summary

Key themes from this session

The respondent's answers highlighted three recurring themes — each supported by specific examples drawn from their experience. The summary captures what was said, not what was expected.

Standout insights

Two responses stood out as unusually detailed and pointed to an area worth following up on. The full text of each answer is preserved below the summary.

Suggested next steps

Based on the patterns in this session, the AI identified three concrete actions for the project team to consider. These are drawn directly from the respondent's own suggestions.

Generated from 14 questions · ~15 min session


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