126: Tactical Tuesday – Using Scorecards to Evaluate & Assess Candidates

In this quick-hitter, 8-minute Tactical Tuesday episode Sam walks us through some different ways to use candidate scorecards to make the process of evaluating talent throughout the interview process easier. He covers everything from how to build and structure your scorecards (hint hint: well-written job descriptions really help with this), how to customize assessment criteria to the job itself, how to “rank” candidates, and how to reduce bias.

Chapters:

00:00 – Podcast intro
01:25 – What are candidate scorecards?
02:30 – Best practices for using scorecards in recruitment
04:50 – How to use a 4-point scale to rank candidates
06:16 – Why soft skills matter on your scorecard
07:35 – Podcast wrap-up