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Create an Interview Scorecard

Set up custom scorecards so interviewers rate candidates against the right skills, answer the right questions, and submit a clear hiring decision.

Written by Umme Saira

Scorecards turn unstructured interview feedback into structured, comparable data. Every scorecard captures a final decision, optional skill ratings (1–5 stars), interviewer instructions, and custom questions — so reviewing candidates side-by-side after the fact is fast and consistent.


Where to configure scorecards

There are two places to set up a scorecard. Pick the one that matches what you want to change:

  • Default Job Template — applies the scorecard to every new job created from the template. Found in Workspace SettingsJob SettingsDefault Job TemplateInterview Plan.

  • A specific job's Interview Plan only affects that one job. Open the job, click Edit, and go to the Interview Plan tab.

Heads up: Editing the Default Job Template doesn't update jobs that already exist — only jobs created after the change pick up the new scorecard.


Add a scorecard to an interview stage

  1. Open the Interview Plan — either on the Default Job Template (Workspace Settings → Job Settings) or on a specific job's edit page.

  2. Find the interview stage you want a scorecard for and click Configure Scorecard.

  3. Fill in any of the four sections below. All are optional — the final decision (Strong Yes / Yes / No / Strong No) is always included automatically.

  4. Click Save when done. Repeat for any other stages that need a scorecard.

Interview Instructions

Free-text guidance for the interviewer — what to focus on, what to ask, what to skip. The interviewer sees this at the top of their scorecard when they sit down to submit feedback.

Skills

  1. Type a category name into Add New Category (e.g., "Technical," "Communication") and click Add Category.

  2. Inside the category, type each skill you want rated and click Add. Pick from the suggested list or create a new one.

Interviewers rate each skill from 1 to 5 stars. Ratings roll up into the candidate's scorecard summary on their profile.

Questions

  1. Click Add Category for the question group.

  2. Inside the category, add the questions you want the interviewer to answer.

Use this for behavioral prompts, candidate-specific follow-ups, or anything you don't want left to memory.


Things to know

  • The default decision options — Strong Yes / Yes / No / Strong No — are always present on every scorecard and can't be edited per stage.

  • Skills are rated 1–5 stars. There's no half-star or numeric-score option.

  • Editing the Default Job Template only affects jobs created after the change. Existing jobs keep their old scorecards.

  • A per-job scorecard edit only affects that one job. To push a change to all future jobs, update the Default Job Template instead.

  • Scorecards are configured per interview stage on the pipeline — different stages can have completely different scorecards.


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