Interview scorecards in LinkedIn Talent Hub are used to assess individual candidates and calibrate feedback across multiple interviewers. The overall score for the candidate is calculated by using a combination of the interviewer’s rating and the question weight assigned to each question.
Rating Scale: Scorecards in Talent Hub use a rating scale that ranges from 1 (lowest) to 4 (highest), which interviewers can use to assess a candidate. Interviewers can select a Not Applicable (N/A) response for a question, which doesn't get weighed into the overall score calculation.
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In the overall score calculation, the 1-4 rating scale translates to a score of 25-100. The N/A response translates to a 0 that doesn't impact the overall score calculation. (N/A=0, 1=25, 2=50, 3=75, 4=100).
Question Weight: Product settings admins assign a question weight to the interview questions when creating the scorecard templates. Each question can be assigned a weight from 1 (lowest-least important) to 4 (highest-most important). Questions that are less important to the overall evaluation criteria can be assigned a lower weight than questions that are more important to the criteria.
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Interviewers don't see the question weight that was assigned to the question when they are filling out the scorecards. This information is only visible to the admin within Product Settings.
Overall Score Calculation: The score for each question is calculated by taking the interviewer rating for the question, dividing it by 100 and multiplying it by the question weight (1-4 set in the scorecard template). When a question has the N/A response, the question gets a 0 score and is not weighed into the overall score calculation. The overall score calculation takes the sum of scored questions and divides it by the sum of the question weight for scored questions.
The table below shows an overall score calculation for an example scorecard with 3 questions where the question weight assigned to each question is a 3, 2, and 1 and the interviewer rated the candidate a 2, 3, and 4 for each assessment area. The overall score for the below scorecard is 4/6 or 66/100 or 66%.
Scorecard Template | Score Calculation | |||
Assessment Area | Question Weight | Interviewer Rating | Scorecard Conversion | Score Per Question (Weight * Rating) |
Skill1 | 3 | 2 | *50/100 | 3 * (50/100)=1.5 |
Skill2 | 2 | 3 | *75/100 | 2 * (75/100)=1.5 |
Skill3 | 1 | 4 | *100/100 | 1 * (100/100) = 1.0 |
Overall Score: Sum of scored questions / Sum of question weight for scored questions | (1.5 + 1.5 + 1.0) / (3 + 2 + 1) = (4/6) or (66/100 or 66%) |
The table below shows an overall score calculation for an example scorecard with 3 questions where the question weight assigned to each question is a 3, 2, and 1 and the interviewer rated the candidate a 2, N/A, and 4 for each assessment area. The overall score for the below scorecard a 2.5/4 or 62/100 or 62%.
Scorecard Template | Score Calculation | |||
Assessment Area | Question Weight | Interviewer Rating | Scorecard Conversion | Score Per Question (Weight * Rating) |
Skill1 | 3 | 2 | *50/100 | 3 * (50/100)=1.5 |
Skill2 | 2 | N/A | *0/100 | (2 *0) * (0/100)=0 |
Skill3 | 1 | 4 | *100/100 | 1 * (100/100) = 1.0 |
Overall Score: Sum of scored questions / Sum of question weight for scored questions | (1.5 + 1.0) / (3 + 1) = (2.5/4) or (62/100 or 62%) |