{"id":37007,"date":"2023-10-19T03:09:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T10:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/?post_type=doc&p=37007"},"modified":"2026-02-19T06:55:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:55:21","slug":"importing-questions","status":"publish","type":"doc","link":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/resources\/docs\/screen\/customizing-questions\/importing-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Importing questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You can import an existing set of up to 1000 multiple choice questions and free-text questions into Screen to use in your tests. First, you’ll need to create a CSV of the questions with the following fields:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Field<\/th>Required?<\/th>Data type<\/th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
title<\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td>text<\/td>Title of the question<\/td><\/tr>
statement<\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td>text<\/td>The question statement<\/td><\/tr>
answer<\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td>text<\/td>You must have at least 2 answers; the maximum you can have is 10. The correct answer(s) should have an asterisks in front of it. Ex: *Correct Answer<\/code>.<\/td><\/tr>
domain<\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td>text<\/td>General knowledge domain this falls under<\/td><\/tr>
duration<\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td>integer<\/td>The number of seconds the candidate has to answer the question. Must be >1. <\/td><\/tr>
skill<\/td><\/td>text<\/td>The skill being tested. The default is “Language knowledge”.<\/td><\/tr>
difficulty<\/td><\/td>integer<\/td>Level of difficulty for the question. Valid values are 1<\/code> for easy, 2<\/code> for medium, and 3<\/code> for hard. Default value is 2<\/code>.<\/td><\/tr>
randomization<\/td><\/td>boolean<\/td>This setting is used to randomize the answers. If set to true<\/code>, the answers will be displayed in a random order. Default value is false<\/code>.<\/td><\/tr>
points<\/td><\/td>integer<\/td>The number of points awarded by solving this question. Must be >0. The default value is computed automatically according to duration and difficulty.<\/td><\/tr>
language<\/td><\/td>text<\/td>Language the question is written in. Valid values are EN<\/code> for English, FR<\/code> for French, and ES<\/code> for Spanish. Default is the language of the recruiter.<\/td><\/tr>
automatically_selectable<\/td><\/td>boolean<\/td>Allows the question to be used in automatically generated tests. Default value is false<\/code>.<\/td><\/tr>
shareable<\/td><\/td>boolean<\/td>Allows the question to be shared with CoderPad for use in our public question library. Default value is false<\/code>.<\/td><\/tr>
team<\/td><\/td>text<\/td>The team that owns the question<\/td><\/tr>
multiple_selection<\/td><\/td>boolean<\/td>Allows the candidate to select more than one answer. Default value is false<\/code>. Note that if you select more than one correct answer in the answer<\/code> field, then this parameter can be disregarded.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u2705 The boolean fields can accept three different binary values: 1<\/code>\/0<\/code>, true<\/code>\/false<\/code>, or yes<\/code>\/no<\/code>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Once you’ve finalized your CSV file, navigate to the Questions <\/em>tab and click Create question<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Select question type <\/strong><\/em>window will open. In the top right of that window, click on Import CSV<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u2139\ufe0f You can also find the example question templates here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Custom MCQ example template<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Free text question template<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Another window will open up for you to select your CSV file. Once your file is uploaded, you’ll receive an Import summary<\/em> which will contain a list of successfully imported questions, as well as any that were unable to be imported. You can however over the Failed<\/strong> icon to see why they question was unsuccessfully imported. <\/p>\n\n\n

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You can either fix the questions and re-import them, or continue only with the questions that were successfully imported by clicking on the Create [n] question<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u26a0\ufe0f To set up the answers correctly, you’ll need an “answer” header column for each choice you want to offer in your questions:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Your questions will then be imported, and you can view them under the Custom<\/strong> tab on the Questions<\/em> dashboard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":8905,"menu_order":4,"template":"","class_list":["post-37007","doc","type-doc","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc\/37007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/doc"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc\/37007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44039,"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc\/37007\/revisions\/44039"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc\/8905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}