1. What is your relationship to, and how long have you known the applicant? Is this person still employed by your organization? If not, when did he/she depart?

 

2. Please provide a short list of adjectives describing the applicant’s strengths.

 

3. Please compare the applicant’s performance to that of his/her peers. Does the applicant have the potential to become a senior manager?

 

4. How effective are the applicant’s interpersonal skills in working with peers, supervisors and subordinates?

 

5. How does the applicant accept constructive criticism?

 

6. Comment on your observations of the applicant’s ethical behavior.

 

7. What do you think motivates the candidate’s application to Columbia Business School?

 

8. In what ways could the applicant improve professionally? If you could change one thing about the applicant, what would it be?

 

9. Are there any other matters which you feel we should know about the applicant?