# Hiring Process Plan Template

Set the role, market, scorecards, questions, communications, review points, and decision date before the process begins.

### Plan details

- Role:
- Market and work location:
- Employing entity:
- Hiring owner:
- Hiring team:
- Application opening date:
- Application closing date:
- Decision date:

### Role definition

- Business problem:
- First-90-day outcomes:
- Essential capabilities:
- Trainable capabilities:
- Genuine progression gates:

### Screening

- Knockout questions:
- CV scorecard criteria:
- Score threshold or shortlist rule:
- Human-review trigger:
- Reviewer:

### Interview

- Interview format:
- Core questions:
- Follow-up rules:
- Rubric:
- Candidate AI disclosure:
- Accommodation route:
- Interviewers:

### Communications

- Application confirmation:
- Screening invitation:
- Reminder:
- Submission confirmation:
- Progress update:
- Outcome message:

### Decision record

- Evidence supporting selection:
- Unresolved risks:
- Human overrides:
- Eligibility process completed separately:
- Candidate outcome communication completed:
- Lessons for next process:

### Final check

- [ ] The same criteria will be applied to every candidate.
- [ ] Eligibility is separate from capability scoring.
- [ ] The candidate experience is clear.
- [ ] Human review is available.
- [ ] The decision date is realistic.
- [ ] Data handling follows the applicable policy.