Interview scorecard
Six things, written down within the hour. Not because you will forget how it went — you will remember that for weeks — but because you will forget which question it was.
A total throws away which one was weak.
There is no overall score, on purpose
Adding six lines together produces a number that lets you compare Tuesday’s interview with Friday’s, and those were not the same interview. Worse, a 4 and a 2 average to the same place as two 3s, and only one of those is worth doing something about. The six lines are the answer.
Each line is anchored: it says what a yes actually looks like, so you are recalling an observation rather than rating a feeling.
The scorecard
Their questions
Did they ask about the work, or about the CV?
A yes is a question you could only answer by having done the job.
My examples
Did I have a real example ready for each thing they tested?
A yes is six distinct examples. Reusing one across two questions is a no.
The shape
Did my answers land the result, not just the effort?
A yes is that you said how each one ended, without being asked.
Their answers
Did I learn something I could not have read on the site?
A yes is one concrete thing about the team, the roadmap, or how a decision got made.
The process
Did they say what happens next, and when?
A yes is a named step and a date. "We will be in touch" is a no.
The fit
Would I take it, on what I now know?
A yes is that you can name the reason. "Probably" is a no with better manners.
One thing. A list of six is a list nobody acts on.
Within the hour, and here is why
Straight after
You have the questions
Word for word, including the one that caught you out. This is the only window where that is true.
Next morning
You have the shape
Roughly what was asked, and how you think it went. Useful, but no longer specific enough to fix anything.
A week later
You have a feeling
Which is what everybody has about every interview, and it is not worth writing down.
Your scorecards
- Signed out these stay on this device. Signed in they sit with your other tool results, and the interview tracker links to them from the interview they belong to.
Nothing saved yet.
Questions.
Why is there no overall score?
A total invites you to compare two interviews that were not the same interview. The six lines are the answer; adding them up throws away which one was weak.
Is this the company’s scorecard?
No. It is yours, about how the interview went for you. The company keeps its own, on its own criteria, and you will never see it.
Should I send it to them?
No, and there is no way to. It is a private note to yourself; sending a self-assessment to an interviewer answers a question nobody asked.
What if I cannot remember one of the six?
Leave it blank. A blank line is honest and a guessed one is noise, and the point of the card is to be worth reading later.