{"slug":"assess-and-select-candidates","name":"Assess and Select Candidates","family":"Hiring System","version":"0.1.0","status":"draft","note":"draft reference — not a fitted standard","summary":"Collect comparable, job-related evidence and make one traceable hiring decision against criteria defined before candidates entered the process.","purpose":"Select the candidate best supported by the approved evidence while controlling bias, inconsistency, candidate treatment, exceptions, and decision authority.","steps":[{"sequence":1,"name":"Confirm assessment intake","purpose":"Admit candidates and process versions through one controlled entry gate."},{"sequence":2,"name":"Finalize methods and decision rules","purpose":"Lock what will be assessed, how, and how evidence will be used before seeing results."},{"sequence":3,"name":"Prepare assessors and candidates","purpose":"Make consistent administration and fair participation operationally possible."},{"sequence":4,"name":"Collect job-related evidence","purpose":"Give each candidate a comparable opportunity to demonstrate relevant capability."},{"sequence":5,"name":"Score evidence independently","purpose":"Preserve individual observations before group influence and narrative coherence take over."},{"sequence":6,"name":"Integrate evidence and decide","purpose":"Make one authorized decision through criteria, evidence, and explicit tradeoffs."},{"sequence":7,"name":"Communicate and hand off","purpose":"Close candidate states and transfer only authorized evidence to offer and onboarding processes."}],"connections":[{"direction":"upstream","processName":"Define Role and Success Profile","processSlug":"define-role-success-profile","trigger":"The role and evidence plan are approved."},{"direction":"upstream","processName":"Open and Source the Role","processSlug":"open-and-source-role","trigger":"A candidate satisfies the assessment entry gate."},{"direction":"downstream","processName":"Approve and Issue the Offer","processSlug":"approve-and-issue-offer","trigger":"The offer owner accepts the selection package."}],"plannedConnections":[],"measures":[{"name":"Early role-outcome alignment","definition":"Structured comparison of early role outcomes with prehire criteria and evidence; not a causal validity claim by itself.","cadence":"At defined post-entry review"},{"name":"Material-criterion evidence coverage","definition":"Material criteria with sufficient authorized evidence divided by all material criteria.","cadence":"Per decision"},{"name":"Assessment cycle time","definition":"Elapsed time from assessment admission to Selection Decision.","cadence":"Weekly while active"},{"name":"Controlled-plan adoption","definition":"Completed assigned assessments conforming to the active plan divided by all completed assigned assessments.","cadence":"Per hiring cycle"},{"name":"Assessment deviation pattern","definition":"Deviations by method, assessor, candidate stage, severity, cause, and disposition.","cadence":"Per cycle and quarterly"},{"name":"Candidate fairness and burden guardrail","definition":"Qualified review of completion, ratings, progression, withdrawal, time burden, accommodations, and feedback patterns; not a causal or legal conclusion.","cadence":"Per cycle and periodic qualified review"}]}