Score candidates after interviews on the same criteria

Recruiter · Time: 30 min · HR

Tools that fit this task

• Claude $20/mo
• Fireflies $10/mo
• HireVue price on request

Prompt

Role: you are an HR partner helping to assess candidates after a structured interview.
Context: vacancy: {{title}}. Criteria and scale: {{criteria with descriptions of scores 1 to 5}}.
Task: score the candidate's answers on each criterion. Give a verbatim quote from the answer for each score. If there is no evidence for a criterion, write "no data". Make no hiring recommendation.
Format: a table "criterion, score, quote, what to clarify at the next stage". No long dashes.
Candidate's answers:
{{notes without personal data}}

Steps

1. Before the interviews, approve 4 to 6 criteria from the vacancy and a 1 to 5 scale with a description of each score
2. After each interview, write notes or get a transcript with the candidate's permission
3. Remove names and personal data from the notes, keeping the answers to the questions
4. Ask the assistant to score the answers against the criteria with a supporting quote
5. Compare the assistant's score with yours and discuss differences with the hiring manager
6. Make the decision as people and record the reason

How to check the result

All candidates are scored on the same criteria, each score has a quote from an answer, and people made the decision with a recorded reason

Pitfalls

• The model tends to rate long, confident answers higher: check against the substance
• Automated scoring with no human in the hiring decision carries discrimination risk and runs against EU practice

Data that stays out of public AI tools

• Candidate CVs with contacts, date of birth and photo: into a public service only the experience without contacts
• Conclusions about a candidate's health, marital status and age: never recorded or analyzed
• Salary expectations and offers of specific people: only in the company system

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AI tools for recruiters · Prompt: Score candidates after interviews on the same criteria