Correctness and grounding
Look for: Answers match the supplied handbook and cite the relevant passage.
What needs follow-up?
Plausible answers cannot be traced to the source.
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Evaluation
Look for: Tests include ambiguous requests, missing evidence, and failure cases.
What needs follow-up?
Only a successful demonstration is submitted.
Reliability
Look for: Timeouts, retries, and unavailable dependencies have explicit behavior.
What needs follow-up?
The workflow assumes every call succeeds.
Explanation and tradeoffs
Look for: The candidate explains a concrete change and the evidence behind it.
What needs follow-up?
They describe concepts without connecting them to their code.
Total weight100%
Criteria assessed0 / 4
Weighted scoreIncomplete
A total appears only when weights add to 100% and every criterion with a positive weight has a rating. “Not assessed” is different from a zero rating. The score supports a human review; it does not make a hiring recommendation.
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1. Agree the criteria first
Choose criteria connected to the role. Calibrate the weights and rating examples with interviewers before assessing candidates.
2. Record evidence separately
Keep observations and relevant examples in your approved recruiting system. This tool does not ask for candidate names or written feedback.
3. Discuss disagreement
If reviewers give different ratings, compare the evidence and the interpretation of the criterion before averaging scores.
4. Keep the decision with people
Consider incomplete evidence, accommodations, and role requirements. These starter rubrics are illustrative, not validated selection tests.
How is the score calculated?
For each criterion, multiply its weight by the rating divided by four. A 30% criterion rated 3 contributes 22.5 points. Add the contributions for a total out of 100. Criteria with zero weight do not affect the result.
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