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# Deciding Whether to Assess

Some Assessment Rounds add an extra step before the Assessment itself: a Decision, where you're asked to confirm whether you want to take on assessing a particular Application. Not every round uses this — check your Dashboard to see whether an Application is waiting on a Decision from you.

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This is different from declaring a [Conflict of Interest](/knowledge-base/assessor-help-guides/conflict-of-interest.md). A Decision is about your availability or willingness to assess; a Conflict of Interest is about impartiality. A Round can use either, both, or neither.
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### Review the Decision request

If the Decision workflow is enabled for the Round, you'll be presented with the decision to assess before you can open the Assessment itself.
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### Submit your decision

Depending on how your organisation has set this up, you may also be asked to fill in a short form alongside your decision — for example, to recommend an alternative Assessor if you're declining.

* If you select **Yes**, you'll proceed straight to the Assessment.
* If you select **No**, you won't be asked to assess the Application, and your Assessment record will show the status "Declined Assessment" — no further action is needed from you.
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### Related articles

* [Understanding Your Dashboard](/knowledge-base/assessor-help-guides/understanding-your-dashboard.md)
* [Declaring a Conflict of Interest](/knowledge-base/assessor-help-guides/conflict-of-interest.md)
* [Completing an Assessment](/knowledge-base/assessor-help-guides/completing-an-assessment.md)