This is the 798th most frequent Chinese word.
考核
Assessment or evaluation.
Here, '考核' is used as a verb meaning 'to assess' or 'to evaluate,' describing the action of evaluating employees' performance.
公司每年都会对员工的工作表现进行考核。
The company conducts an assessment of employees' work performance every year.
In this context, '考核' again functions as a noun, highlighting the process of evaluation that the applicant underwent.
通过严谨的考核，这名求职者的能力得到了认可。
Through a rigorous evaluation, this applicant's abilities were acknowledged.
In this sentence, '考核' functions as a noun meaning 'assessment' or 'evaluation,' referring to the process of evaluating students' learning via their final exam.