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Candidate Skills Assessment

Interviewer scorecard rating a job candidate's role skills, interpersonal skills and overall hiring recommendation.

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Assessment Details

  1. Use this form to record your assessment of one candidate straight after the interview or task review. Base each rating on evidence you observed.

  2. At which stage of the hiring process did you assess this candidate?

    Choose one:

    • Phone screen
    • First interview
    • Technical interview
    • Final interview
    • Practical task review

  3. What is the seniority level of the position?

    Choose one:

    • Entry level
    • Mid level
    • Senior
    • Lead or manager

  4. How many years of directly relevant experience does the candidate have?

    A number from 0 to 50

Role-Specific Skills

  1. Based on what you observed, how would you rate the candidate on each skill?

    • Subject knowledge needed for the role
    • Use of relevant tools and methods
    • Analytical problem solving
    • Quality and accuracy of work
    • Speed of picking up new material

    For each row: choose one:

    • 1 - No evidence
    • 2 - Limited
    • 3 - Adequate
    • 4 - Strong
    • 5 - Exceptional

  2. Did the candidate complete a practical task or work sample as part of this assessment?

    Choose one:

    • Yes
    • No

  3. How would you score the practical task overall?

    Condition: Only asked when a practical task was completed

    A number from 0 to 10

  4. Briefly note the examples or answers that support your skill ratings.

    Open answer

Interpersonal Skills and Work Style

  1. How would you rate the candidate on each of these interpersonal skills?

    • Explains ideas clearly
    • Works well with others
    • Adapts to new situations
    • Takes ownership of results
    • Keeps users or customers in mind

    For each row: choose one:

    • 1 - No evidence
    • 2 - Limited
    • 3 - Adequate
    • 4 - Strong
    • 5 - Exceptional

  2. How well do the candidate's preferred ways of working match how this team operates?

    Choose one:

    • Strong match
    • Partial match
    • Weak match
    • Not enough information

Overall Evaluation

  1. Which of these were clear strengths of the candidate? Select all that apply.

    Choose any that apply:

    • Technical depth
    • Problem solving
    • Communication
    • Teamwork
    • Leadership potential
    • No clear standout strength

  2. Do you have any reservations about this candidate?

    Choose one:

    • Yes
    • No

  3. What are your reservations?

    Condition: Only asked when the assessor has reservations

    Open answer

  4. What is your recommendation for this candidate?

    Choose one:

    • Strongly recommend hiring
    • Recommend hiring
    • Undecided
    • Do not recommend

  5. What is the main reason for your recommendation?

    Open answer