Scorecards help interviewers record candidate performance and support hiring decisions. This guide explains how to fill, submit, edit, and delete scorecards:
Scorecard Introduction
Fill a Scorecard
Scorecard Content
Submit a Scorecard
Edit and Delete a Scorecard
Scorecard Introduction
Scorecards help hiring teams establish consistent candidate evaluation standards by enabling interviewers to assess candidates using the same evaluation criteria. This reduces subjective bias and improves the quality and consistency of hiring decisions.
Hiring teams can create customized scorecard templates for different jobs, organizing evaluation criteria into Required Attributes and Optional Attributes.
During the interview process, interviewers can quickly apply the appropriate scorecard, record their overall recommendation, evaluation notes, and ratings for each attribute. All evaluation results are centralized, making it easier for hiring teams to review, compare interviewer feedback, and make informed hiring decisions.
Fill a Scorecard
Go to Cake for Employers > Jobs, open the job for which you want to create a scorecard.
Select the candidate you would like to evaluate and click "View Details" to open the candidate profile.
Click "Scorecards".
Under the active hiring stage, click "+ Fill Scorecard".
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Note: The current hiring stage will be displayed in the upper-left corner of the scorecard.
Scorecard Content
Overall Recommendation (Required)
Answer the question "Do you recommend this candidate for the next stage?" by selecting one of the following:
Strong No
No
Yes
Strong Yes
Evaluation Notes (Optional)
Add final comments, interview observations, or follow-up items to support hiring decisions.
Required and Optional Attributes (Optional)
Evaluate each attributes by selecting one of the following options:
Strong No
No
Neutral
Yes
Strong Yes
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Submit a Scorecard
After completing the evaluation, click "Submit Scorecard". Once submitted, you will be redirected to the scorecard overview page, where the following information will be displayed:
Interviewer
Evaluation Notes
Overall Recommendation
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Note: Click the corresponding hiring stage again to collapse the scorecard details and keep the overview page concise.
Edit and Delete a Scorecard
Edit a Scorecard
On the scorecard overview page, click the hiring stage you would like to edit.
Click "Edit Scorecard".
Update the overall recommendation or required/optional attributes ratings.
Scroll to the bottom of the page.
Click "Update Scorecard" to save your changes. Changes will not be saved unless "Update Scorecard" is clicked.
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Delete a Scorecard
On the scorecard overview page, click the hiring stage you would like to edit.
Click "Edit Scorecard".
Click the "⋯" in the upper-right corner.
Select "Delete Scorecard".
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Note: Deleted scorecards cannot be recovered. No confirmation dialog will be displayed before deletion, so please proceed with caution. For Scorecard Templates, please refer to How to Create and Edit Scorecard Templates?
If you have any other questions, feel free to reach out to the Cake Customer Team.