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A Pilot Questionnaire
PILOT QUESTIONNAIRE: EFFECTIVE RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION
SYSTEM FOR IT (SOFTWARE) INDUSTRY IN INDIA
QUESTIONNAIRE: IT SOFTWARE COMPANIES
1. Do you have a job specification for software professionals employed by your company?
2. If the answer to Question 1 is YES, please state the job specification.
3. Do you have specific criteria in the job specification for software professionals
employed in your company?
4. If the answer to Question 3 is YES, please state the specific criteria in the job
specification for software professionals employed in your company.
5. Does your company undertake recruitment and selection of software professionals
employed in your company or is this outsourced?
6. Does your company look for specific qualities while undertaking recruitment and
selection of software professionals employed in your company?
7. How does your company observe/evaluate these qualities in selection of software
professionals employed in your company?
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Test
Qualities Observed/Evaluated
Interview
Group Test
Psychological Test
Intelligence Test
Any other Test
8. Is any weight age given to the specified qualities in the final selection of software
professionals employed in your company?
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9. What is the weight age in terms of percentages given to various specified qualities in
final selection?
Weightage/
Qualities
Qual 1 Qual 2 Qual3 Qual 4 Qual 5 Qual 6 Qual 7 Qual 8
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Total
10. What is the criterion of selection of software professionals by your company?
Academic record.
Performance in Interview.
Performance in Group Tests.
Record of experience.
Test administered by the company.
Any other technique.
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11. What minimum educational qualification is acceptable by your company for software
professionals?
(a) Certificate of Secondary education (10+2).
(b) Graduate from any stream.
(b) Engineering Graduate.
(c) Non graduate but diploma holders.
12. Does your company correlate the qualities you are looking for with the criterion of
selection of software professionals?
13. What is the preference of your company for acceptability of IT software professionals?
(a) IT engineering stream.
(b) Other engineering streams.
(c) Graduate from non engineering streams.
(d) Diploma holders.
(e) Any individual with experience in software programming.
14. Does the company assess that the current system of recruitment and selection in vogue
can meet the challenges of the global environment in the coming period of 5 years and beyond?
15. Does the company assess that based on the requirement of next 5 years and current job
performance of software professionals, the current recruitment and selection system needs to
change?
16. Will a system of selection, based on a specific criterion, evolved by NASSCOM or any
other centralized government agency, help improve output of IT software companies?
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17. Will psychological tests help organizations select right man for the right job, based on
aptitude of an individual and thereby increase output/productivity?
18. If such a centralized system of evaluation/tests is to be affected, at what stage should
such tests be introduced?
(a) After Certificate of Secondary education (10+2).
(b) After graduation.
(c) On joining IT software industry.
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B Main Questionnaire: IT Software Companies
1. Do you have a job specification for software professionals employed by your company?
If no, please indicate what method you employ for selection.
Yes
No
2. Does your company undertake recruitment and selection of software professionals
employed in your company or this is outsourced? -Select ourselves
3. Please indicate from the list below the test criterion you use while selecting
professionals?
Test Type Yes No
Interview
Group Test
Psychological Test
Intelligence Test
Technical Test
Others
Please specify others:
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4. What pre-screening criteria do you use for short listing individuals? Please indicate
from the list below.
Criterion Yes No
Academic Record
Overall Work Experience
Experience in the Field
Socio-economic background
Others
Please specify others:
5. Among the various qualities you observe/evaluate whilst selecting software
professionals for your company, please select and indicate the relevant qualities from the list
below and highlight their order of importance. (5 being highest and 1 being lowest). Please also
indicate any additional qualities if any:
No Quality Least Increasing Order
of Importance
Most
1 2 3 4 5
1 Intelligence
2 Problem Solving
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3 Creative
4 Flexible
5 Quickness to Learn
6 Perseverance
7 Passion for Technology
8 Team Spirit
9 Prioritization
10 Result Oriented
11 Design Maker
12 Self Motivated
13 Dynamic
14 Long Term Planner
15 Analytical Skills
16 Maintains Focus
Please specify others:
6. What is the preference of your company for acceptability of IT software professionals?