What does this mean?

Question

On the recommendation form there's this question "how long have you known the applicant and in what capacity?" What does " in what capacity mean"? Thanks!

Answer 1

How do you know them. Roomates, related, work?

Answer 2

"In what capacity" means were you the boss of the applicant? Did you work with the applicant? How are you related to the applicant? In other words, how, and how well. do you know the applicant that you are being used as a reference.

Answer 3

How have you known the applicant: i.e., as a friend, co-worker; were you the employer/the applicant, employee. Were you classmates; is the applicant a relative; Were you the teacher/applicant, the student.

Answer 4

have you known the applicant as an employee, co worker, any organization, as a friend, as a member of a group or in any other circumstances.

Answer 5

It means if you know the person in question then what kind of relationship did you have. Were you friends, or did you work together somewhere?

Answer 6

Meaning what was your relationship with the person aka as in how do you know them and from where,that sort of thing. :)

Answer 7

It means, are you friends, relatives, just met, etc.

Answer 8

It means, "How do you know this person?" Friend, co-worker, neighbor, etc.

Answer 9

the context
friend, co-worker, boss, etc.

Answer 10

means how do you know them... were they your best friend are they a relative... past employer... you get the picture