Guidelines for the Committee after Candidate Interviews

GUIDELINES FOR THE COMMITTEE AFTER CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS

The following questions are designed to help you make distinctions among candidates and to judge who would make the best Rotary ambassadors of goodwill. Applying these questions to each candidate should assist you in the decision-making process.

• Is this candidate helping to fulfill program objectives?
• Why do you consider this candidate outstanding in either an academic or a vocational sense?
• Did either the academic or employment background indicate that he/she is the most outstanding applicant this year?
• Will the candidate’s study field have a strong humanitarian impact?
• Did this candidate demonstrate leadership skills?
• Is there a significant difference between this person’s record and that of the next most-qualified applicant? If not, why would you choose one over the other?
• What is the candidate’s level of maturity?
• Did he/she have thoughtful responses to all the questions?
• What was the quality of this candidate’s verbal communication skills?
• What was this candidate’s attitude towards the questions and the committee? Did he/she have a strong self-image?
• Does this candidate understand the purpose of the award?
• Is the candidate flexible with regard to the study institution assignment?
• What is his/her level of sophistication in comprehending social and political problems in the world?
• Does the candidate hold positions that would inhibit a good interchange of ideas?
• Does the candidate have the ability to establish good rapport with others?
• Does he/she have good listening and/or public speaking skills?
• Has the candidate ever studied abroad? Will he/she be able to study abroad without this scholarship?