Free hiring template

Structured Interview Scorecard Template

Ask comparable role-specific questions and score the evidence rather than confidence, charisma, or similarity.

Download editable Markdown template (interview-scorecard.md)

Role details

  • Role:
  • Interview stage:
  • Candidate:
  • Interviewer:
  • Date:

Questions and evidence

Question Capability assessed What a strong answer includes Evidence excerpt Score 0-4 Follow-up needed

Score guide

Score Meaning
0 No usable evidence.
1 General answer; contribution or outcome is unclear.
2 Relevant example with some action and outcome.
3 Specific situation, action, credible result, and reflection.
4 Strong evidence, sound judgment, trade-off awareness, and transferable learning.

Final review

  • Strongest evidence:
  • Important gap:
  • Question requiring clarification:
  • Human-review note:
  • Overall recommendation:
  • Override or disagreement reason:

Score the answer against the capability. Do not score confidence, accent, communication style, disability, or conversational similarity.