1. What is your relationship to, and how long have you known the applicant?
Is this person still employed by your organization? (Yes/No) If “No,” when did he/she depart? (e.g., August 1999)
2.
rovide a short list of adjectives which describe the applicant’s strengths.3. How does the applicant’s performance compare with that of his or her peers?
4. How has the applicant grown during his/her employment with you? Please comment on the applicant’s maturity.
5. Comment on the applicant’s ability to work with others, including superiors, peers and subordinates.
If the tables were reversed, would you enjoy working for the applicant?
6. In what ways could the applicant improve professionally? How does he/she accept constructive criticism?
7. How well has the applicant made use of available opportunities? Consider his or her initiative, curiosity and motivation.
8. Comment on your observations of the applicant’s ethical behavior.
9. What do you think motivates the candidate’s application to the MBA program at Columbia Business School?
Do you feel the applicant is realistic in his/her professional ambitions?
10. Are there any other matters which you feel we should know about the applicant?
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Please sign any additional pages and attach them to this form. Seal these materials in the envelope provided, sign across the seal
and return to the applicant. The applicant will submit the sealed, signed envelope as part of his or her completed application
package. All information included in the recommendation is subject to verification by Columbia Business School. Thank you very
much for your assistance.