With the Minimum Scores feature, you can ensure candidates meet a specific threshold across your core competencies. This feature introduces two types of minimum scores—implied minimums and set minimums—to give you more control over your hiring funnel.
What Are Minimum Scores?
Minimum Scores define the threshold candidates must achieve in specific assessment areas to pass your hiring bar. These scores help maintain a consistent evaluation standard while ensuring candidates demonstrate sufficient skill across critical areas.
There are two types of Minimum Scores:
1. Implied Minimums
- Definition: Automatically calculated thresholds that represent the minimum score a candidate must achieve in a given assessment area in order to pass the overall bar.
- How It Works: Implied Minimums are determined based on your interview format, assessment area weightings, and hiring bar configuration. Where applicable, they are applied automatically.
2. Set Minimums
- Definition: Custom scoring thresholds that are set by your team for a specific assessment area. Candidates must exceed these thresholds to pass your bar, regardless of their total score.
- How It Works: If a candidate’s total score is above the bar but they fall below a Set Minimum in any assessment area, they will not pass.
- Key Benefit: Provides greater control over what it takes to pass your bar and ensures that candidates demonstrate a minimum skill across all core competencies.
How to Set Minimum Scores
- Implied Minimums:
- Where applicable, Implied Minimums are automatically applied. No action is required.
- When an Implied Minimum exists, you will see the threshold directly on the scoring bar for each assessment area.
- Set Minimums:
- When creating or calibrating roles, work with your account team to designate thresholds for specific assessment areas. These thresholds are customizable to align with your team’s unique priorities and hiring goals.
- When an Set Minimum exists, you will see the threshold directly on the scoring bar for each assessment area.
Note: Any Set Minimums will override Implied Minimums.
Why Use Minimum Scores?
Improve precision and increase control over hiring criteria by requiring candidates to demonstrate minimum proficiency across all critical competencies.
Where to View Minimum Scores
Minimum scores will be found on the Interview Results page within the Scoring Breakdown module.
For both Implied and Set Minimums, thresholds are displayed directly on the scoring bar of each assessment area. This provides visibility into:
- The minimum threshold for passing each area.
- How individual candidates’ scores compare to these thresholds.
Next Steps
If you have questions or are interested in implementing Set Minimums for your roles, contact your account team.