Where You Stand: Making KDT Selection Transparent

Selection shouldn't be a black box

Most hiring is a black box. You send an application, you wait, and you rarely learn where you stood or why. That wastes everyone's time, and it isn't how we want to treat the people who want to work with us. So we're making KDT's application and selection process as transparent as we can.

Two things are changing: a fit meter at the top of every application, and the Selection Gate, a page that shows you where you are in selection.

The fit meter

Every KDT application now opens with a few short questions for the role: things like citizenship, age, and whether you expect to pass a federal background check. As you answer, a meter at the top moves between red, an unlikely fit, and green, a better potential fit.

Not every answer weighs the same, and the weight depends on the role. A background check that might not come back clean matters a great deal for a Vice President, who represents KDT on large contracts. For a role in construction it is much more of a possibility. The meter reflects that, so what you see is an honest read for the specific role you're applying to.

How to read the meter

• No answer stops you from applying. The application stays open whatever the meter says, and every application is kept and read.
• People make the decisions at KDT. The meter shows how your answers line up with the role today.
• Answer honestly. Your answers are submitted and kept with your application, and an honest answer that puts you in the red tells us more than a dishonest one that puts you in the green.

We'd rather tell you upfront that a role is a long shot than leave you wondering. And if you don't know, say so: on the background check question, "Not sure" is an answer too.

The Selection Gate

Applying is only the start. KDT's selection runs in stages: the application, interviews and assessment, physical and skill testing for field roles, background and references, and finally an offer and onboarding.

The Selection Gate is where you'll see which of those stages you're in. You'll sign in on our website with the email you applied with, and the Selection Gate will show where your application stands. It updates automatically as you move through selection, straight from the system our selection team works in, so the status you see is the status we see. No chasing emails to find out whether anyone has read your application.

We're building the Selection Gate into the site now, and we'll open it to applicants as soon as it's connected.

Why we're doing this

Transparency is a standard we hold ourselves to with clients, and the people who apply to KDT deserve the same. You should know what we're looking for, how your answers line up, and where your application stands. That's what these two tools are for.

Ready to see where you stand? Find your role and start your application.