# Take part in a feedback

There are several ways to start taking part in a feedback.

## Take part from an email invitation

If you received an invitation or reminder by email, do the following:

1. Open the email invitation in your inbox
2. Click the direct participation link in the email
3. The participation opens and you can start [answering the questions](#answering-the-questions)

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For an example of this email and the direct participation link, see [What are email invitations?](/en/c/feedbacks/what-are-email-invitations)

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## Take part from your employee profile

You can take part in all of your active feedbacks at any time from your own employee profile:

1. [Open your own employee profile](/en/c/general/employee-profile)
2. Click the "Feedbacks" tab
3. The list of your feedback participations opens

 ![Feedbacks tab in the employee profile](/attachments/feedbacks/an-feedback-teilnehmen/feedbacks-reiter.png)

4. Start a participation you have not begun yet by clicking "Start participation" at the right edge of its row
5. Continue a participation you have begun but not yet finished by clicking "Continue participation" at the right edge of its row

 ![Participation list with action buttons](/attachments/feedbacks/an-feedback-teilnehmen/feedbacks-aktionsbuttons.png)

6. The participation opens and you can continue [answering the questions](#answering-the-questions)

## Take part with PINs

If your HR department gave you [participation PINs](/en/c/feedbacks/what-are-participation-pins), do the following:

1. Open the web address (URL) your HR department gave you

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The address is different for every company that uses easyreview. It always follows this format:

`sample-company.easy-review.de/pin`

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2. Enter your PIN 1 in the "PIN1" field
3. Enter your PIN 2 in the "PIN2" field
4. Click "Submit!"

 ![PIN sign-in page](/attachments/feedbacks/an-feedback-teilnehmen/pin-anmeldeseite.png)

5. The participation opens and you can start [answering the questions](#answering-the-questions)

## Answering the questions

Every question looks different depending on its [question type](/en/c/feedbacks/question-types).

To answer closed questions, click the answer options you want:

 ![Closed question with answer options](/attachments/feedbacks/an-feedback-teilnehmen/geschlossene-frage.png)

For open questions, type your answer into the text field:

 ![Open question with a text field](/attachments/feedbacks/an-feedback-teilnehmen/offene-frage.png)

## Details about the employee

When you take part from an external-review perspective (for example, as a supervisor), the top right of the screen shows information about the employee you are reviewing.

 ![Employee details at the top of the screen](/attachments/feedbacks/an-feedback-teilnehmen/mitarbeiter-ribbon.png)

Click "more details" to reveal further information about the employee. The details shown also include, for example, every custom field that is visible on the employee profile.

 ![Expanded employee details](/attachments/feedbacks/an-feedback-teilnehmen/mitarbeiter-details-erweitert.png)

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This lets you attach documents such as a job description to the employee's data and have them available throughout the participation. It helps you avoid bias in the review by making the expectations for the employee explicit.

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## Navigation

At the bottom of every questionnaire page you can move one page forward or one page back. Changing the page automatically saves your progress and all the answers you have given.

**To move one page forward:**

1. Scroll to the bottom of the questionnaire page
2. Click "next"

**To move one page back:**

1. Scroll to the bottom of the questionnaire page
2. Click "back"

 ![Navigation with back, page counter, and next](/attachments/feedbacks/an-feedback-teilnehmen/navigation-buttons.png)

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Before you change the page, every required question on the current page must be filled in.

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Next to the page counter there is also a dropdown you can use to jump directly to a specific page. Pages you have not reached yet are greyed out and cannot be selected.

## Save and continue later

You can save an intermediate state of your participation at any time and continue later. This is especially useful when you are on a page with required questions and cannot fill them all in before saving.

**To save an intermediate state of your participation:**

1. Click "Save & continue later" at the bottom of the screen
2. The system confirms that the save was successful
3. Closing the survey returns you to your easyreview account
4. Resuming the survey lets you continue your participation right away

## Finalize the review

At the end of the questionnaire you have to finalize your participation. This locks the result against further changes and makes it visible, for example, to your supervisor and the HR department.

**To finalize your participation:**

1. [Go to the last page of the questionnaire](#navigation)
2. Click "Finalize review"

 ![Finalize review button](/attachments/feedbacks/an-feedback-teilnehmen/feedback-abschliessen.png)

3. The page reloads and your feedback is finalized
4. "Close review" returns you to your easyreview account
5. "Download review (PDF)" lets you download a PDF version of your finalized feedback

## Participation period ended

Every feedback has a fixed window during which participation is possible. If you open the questionnaire after that window closes, you see the message "Participation period ended" and can no longer take part. In that case, contact your HR department.