Culture Alignment Hiring Rubric

How to use this

This rubric is for anyone assessing a candidate, whether in a structured interview or a work trial. Three rules before you start

1. Only score what you observed directly. A blank is fine. A guess is not.
2. Score independently before you debrief. Comparing notes first just averages opinions.
3. Point to a specific moment for every score you give. If you can’t, leave it blank.

In interviews: score after any structured conversation where you had meaningful time with the candidate. You may only have signal on one or two values. That’s expected.

In a work trial: score based on what you directly observed: how they handled feedback, how they asked questions, how they showed up in collaboration, and what their output looked like.