What are notes?
A Note is some free-form text left against a candidate profile or their application. Recruiters, hiring managers and others with access to the candidate can freely leave notes throughout the recruitment process.
Ashby: Notes live on the candidate profile as free-form text.
Example note payload
Example note payload
GET /ats/notes.
What are scorecards?
A Scorecard is structured feedback, filled via a form, that is most often completed after an interview. Depending on the ATS, the hiring team can also submit scorecards without linking them to a specific interview. Scorecards enable you to collect in depth feedback, and run a structured hiring process, while comparing the opinions of different hiring team members from a single perspective. A lot of scorecards contain an overall summary, and a separate rating. Where these are available, you will find them first in the array of answers found on theresponses property of a scorecard.
Example scorecard payload
Example scorecard payload
GET /ats/scorecards.
How are scorecards configured?
Scorecards are most frequently part of the interview setup process. For a specific step, you will define questions that should be asked, or attributes you are checking for.
Ashby: Scorecard templates define the questions asked after an interview.
- Interview scorecard
- Standalone scorecard
1
Configure interviews for a job
Along with the job stages pipeline, configure interview templates for each job.
2
Set up the scorecard template for the interview
Choose what are the essential questions that the interview should answer, so that each participant in the process has a clear understanding of their expected output.
3
Interviewer conducts interview or reviews it
After the interview, the interviewer goes through the scorecard, and fills out their assessment of the candidate. A scorecard might also be filled out by someone who is reviewing a recording of the interview, and is not strictly an interviewer.