Jquery: Return the value of a ajax call to caller function?

Question

Im trying to return the value that a $ajax call returns, from a function but it only returns \"undefined\". If a alert the \"reponse\" from the ajax call it returns the rigth va

Answer 1

 $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: "/Admin/GetCandidateName/",
        data: { 'candidateID': candidateID },
        success: function(response) {
            return response;//USE THIS

            //THIS WILL RETURN FROM THE FUNCTION WITHOUT RETURNING ANY VALUE
            //return;
        },