CANDIDATE PROFILE
Instructions
1. Please type, or hand-write and scan, your answers and send them by email to
[email protected] with the subject ‘[Your name] candidate profile’.
2. We do not want to subject you to any unnecessary form-filling, so if any of the questions below
are fully answered in your CV, please simply write 'see CV'. It will be helpful if you can indicate
which part of the CV is referred to unless it is obvious.
3. If any questions are not applicable to your circumstances, just write ‘n/a’.
4. In any parts of this questionnaire where you are invited to write about your experiences, ideas
or opinions, please write as much or as little as you like. The spaces between questions are not
particularly indicative of a prescribed or expected length of text.
5. Note that the information you give when completing your details will be used in accordance with
the Data Protection Act 1998 and for the sole purpose of enabling Cicero Translations to create
an electronic or paper record of those details. It will be kept securely, and for no longer than
necessary. It will not be divulged to any third party without your express permission.
1
Your details
Name
Address
Home
Work/Office*
Telephone
Mobile
Email
* Please let us know if it would cause embarrassment to contact you at work
Details of your social media presence, if any: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn etc (please show
URL links):
2
Earnings
Please state the level of salary (and other remuneration) you receive in your present or most
recent job, or the level of earnings from any self-employment:
3
References
Please supply the names, addresses and telephone numbers of any references whom we
might telephone for a character reference, and their relationship to you:
Referee 1
Referee 2
Name
Address
Email
Telephone number
What languages does this
referee speak?
Relationship to you
4
Your views about business, management and servicing clients
Why and how do you consider yourself good at office duties?
In a company offering business services, what ways can you think of to delight clients and
retain their loyalty?
What feat of organisation in your life are you most proud of?
What golden rules would you cite for the use of the telephone in business?
What techniques do you employ for remembering to do things?
Suppose two profitable business opportunities, A and B, present themselves. A is more
profitable than B. Which one should you pursue?
Which is more important in business, attention to detail or strategic vision?
5
Technical skills
How fast can you type (‘wpm’ = words per minute)?
(please put a tick or a cross in the appropriate box)
20-30 wpm
30-40 wpm
40-50 wpm
50-60 wpm
> 60 wpm
How accurately (very, fairly, bit dodgy – use whatever expression seems best to you)?
How are your I.T. skills generally? Please complete the chart on the next page, and tell us in as
much detail as possible about your familiarity with computers and software esp software used
in the translations business.
Please tell us about your familiarity with Apple Macs, if any
Please tell us about any other technical or business skills you have which you have not so far
mentioned (refer to your CV if you wish, or expand on what you have already mentioned in it)…
Cicero and its
clients and
suppliers
frequently
use
File creation
Word
Excel
Outlook
PowerPoint
InDesign
Illustrator
Photoshop
Used for
Word processing
Spreadsheets
Email and
calendar
Presentations
Desktop
publishing
Desktop
publishing
Editing of photos
and images
Processing
software
Adobe Acrobat
Abbyy
FineReader
Trados
Memo Q
Déjàvu
Producing/viewing
portable
document files
(.PDFs)
Optical character
reading (OCR)
Translations
Memory
Translations
Memory
Translations
Memory
How familiar
are you with
this software (0
= never used,
10 = very
familiar)
Other similar
software with
which you are
familiar
Notes
6
General and linguistic knowledge
We are looking preferably for a candidate with a good general knowledge and good knowledge
of linguistic geography (i.e. what languages are spoken where). Please tell us how you rate on
these generally:
Also…
What newspapers or journals do you read?
What book(s) are you currently reading?
Do you travel?
7
Some practical considerations
Do you drive?
Have you got a car?
Have you any holidays already planned and if so for which dates?
In previous jobs or periods of self-employment, have you taken time off for any reason other
than holidays? If so, please give details.
8
Smoking
If you are not, and never have been, a smoker, please ignore this section.
Smoking in our offices is illegal. We also cannot allow smoking in front of or near the entrance
to our building, nor can we allow employees to come to work or be at work smelling of smoke or
nicotine on their person or on their clothes. If you are a smoker or are in the process of giving
up smoking, please comment on any difficulties you might foresee in this regard.
About the work experience
Do you have any particular areas of concern about the possible internship?
Is there anything which you would like to mention in connection with your application which you
have not told us so far?
When would you be able to come for an interview in the next month?
What are your preferred dates for an internship with Cicero Translations?
DECLARATION
The answers given above, insofar as they relate to matters of fact, are true, complete and can
be relied upon.
Signed (electronic signature is OK, or just type or write your name)
Date:
Thank you for completing this candidate profile form. Please return it by email as an attachment
to [email protected] with the subject ‘[Your name] candidate profile’.