How To Add Candidates From The Admin Panel?

How To Add Candidates From The Admin Panel?

Candidate : Overview

The “Candidate” Tab allows you to add candidates either manually or you can import via an excel upload. You can create different groups and you can also associate candidates with each group. This helps us assign Tests to a particular or a list of groups which gets assigned to candidates in a bulk and swift manner. You can search for any candidate by first selecting a criteria or search filter such as Candidate name, email, enrollment number etc.

How to add candidates Manually?

Step 1: Add group

To add candidates manually you must first create a group if you haven’t created one already.

To add a group follow the steps below: 
  1. Click on “Group” 
  2. Now, click on the “Add” button which is on the right side of the screen. 
  3. Add the group name and group details 
  4. Click on save to save the group.

Step 2: Add candidate

Now that you have created a group we can proceed with adding the candidates. Follow the steps below:


  1. Navigate to the “Candidate” tab and then click on the “Candidate” button
  2. Click on the “Add” button on the right hand side of the screen
  3. Now add the candidate’s email ID, Password, Name, Mobile number, Date of registration and select the group from the dropdown. 
  4. Click on “Save” once you’ve filled in all the details.

How to add candidates through Excel?

To add candidates using Excel follow the steps below:


  1. Navigate to the “ candidate” tab and then click on “ Import data”
  2. Now, click on the “Import” button given on the right side of the screen. 

  1. Click on the blue “ sample file” button to download a sample excel file.
  2. Open the Excel sample file to add you candidates data

(The sample file shows in which format the candidate details need to be added. Replace this dummy data with actual candidate details. The fields marked in red are mandatory and must be filled in, while the yellow fields are optional. Please ensure that all Header Fields from Sample File are unmodified. You can keep the cells blank for optional fields, but do not change the header fields. Please ensure that you fill in all mandatory fields and save the file.)
  1. Navigate back to the Think Exam Panel and Upload the edited candidate file,
  2. scroll down and click on import data. You can check the “send email” box if you wish to send login details to the candidates via email. 
  3. After you have uploaded the file, check if the file was uploaded successfully, if not download the error file by clicking on “read, Inserted”  against the uploaded file. Rectify the issues in your original candidate file as per the error file and then re upload the file.
Note: If you want to edit any details of the candidate, you can click on the pencil icon