Wiz factors a candidate's Basic Qualification (BQ) answers into their evaluation score. How it's factored depends on whether the BQ is marked required-correct.
The "Automatic Wiz Submittal Evaluation" Preference
This preference's description states that candidates who are auto-declined for failing a required-correct BQ won't be evaluated by the automated eval. Manual evaluation is unaffected. Anyone can still run an eval on a declined candidate whenever they choose.
Required-Correct BQs
Answered correctly - the evaluation runs automatically as normal, with a full weighted score.
Answered incorrectly - the automated evaluation is skipped entirely; no score is generated automatically. A recruiter can still manually run the evaluation at any time. When run manually after a required-correct BQ failure, the overall score is 0, but the category scores still reflect the candidate's actual qualifications, and the summary explains that the candidate failed a required qualification.
Non-Required BQs (Multiple Choice or Essay)
These don't gate the evaluation. Even if answered poorly, the automated evaluation still runs normally. Wiz factors the answers into its analysis as context, without zeroing out the score. Essay/free-text answers are treated the same way: since there's no single correct answer, Wiz weighs the response as qualitative evidence alongside the rest of the candidate's qualifications, rather than scoring it right or wrong.
No BQs on the Job
The evaluation runs normally, and the summary notes that no BQs were provided.
Evaluation Metadata
The evaluation summary (in both ATS and Engage) shows the evaluation's date/time and the Submittal Eval version used, alongside the summary. This isn't shown on the req or applicant submittal tables themselves, only within the summary. Evaluations run before this update won't show a version number. This metadata helps explain why an older and newer evaluation of the same candidate might differ.