Using the question library

Our library of Sift questions has been built upon the analysis of 1,000+ questions, 100,000+ applicants and 500,000+ judgements made by hiring teams.

Benefits of the sift question library

• Get inspired on an alternative way of hiring great talent without bias. The library will give you examples of a new way of screening applications, to help you when you start creating questions for the first time, or for a new role
  
  
• Add frequently used questions to different jobs. As well as questions used by other organisations, your library will also display questions created and used by your organisation for other roles
  
  
• Connect skills to questions and use stats to decide which ones to use. Search for questions by the skills you've identified for your role. You can use a library question without changing it at all, or you can copy it and tweak it to suit your role's specific needs 

Accessing and using the question library

1. • Go to the Sift Questions/ admin questions/ multiple choice/ interviews section of the Build section in your role and  click the "Add from library" button.
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   • Go to your dashboard. Click on the three vertical dots near your name. Select the question library. 
2. You'll see a new screen where you can filter questions by specific skills or by several skills at once. Here you can also  access library folders. Library folders act as your new filing cabinet. You can  group your favourite questions together when you need them, and watch as your library personalises itself for your team.

Editing a question from the question library to add to a role

Perhaps there is  a question in the library that you think will be useful for your role, but there are some words you want to change or you want to tweak the review guide. In this case, this is what the 'edit button' is for, and how you use it:

Option 1 - editing the question directly from the library and then adding it to your role

• For the question you see in the library, click on the 'edit question'
• Edit according to your needs and click “save as new and add to role”.
• This new question will now be available in the role you are working on and on your organisation’s question library for future use

Option 2 - adding a question from the library to the role and then editing it

• Click on 'add to role' button
• Close the library of questions
• On the questions section, you'll see the question you just added
• Edit question according to your needs and click “save as new and add to role”.
• This new question will now be available in the role you are working on and on your organisation’s question library for future use

If anything in this article piques your interest or isn’t clear, don’t hesitate to get in touch at [e-mail], where a member of our team will be on hand to give you support.