{
  "schemaVersion": "roleprobe-interview-scorecard-derivation/v1",
  "artifactType": "derivation",
  "canonicalDefinitionId": "roleprobe-interview-scorecard-template-v1",
  "templateVersion": "v1",
  "publishedAt": "2026-08-02",
  "evidenceObjectId": "evidence-interview-scorecard-template",
  "sourceIds": [
    "source-opm-structured-interviews",
    "source-opm-practical-guide",
    "source-campion-review"
  ],
  "claimId": "claim-scorecard-needs-structured-evidence",
  "claimStatement": "The template pairs job-related competencies with predetermined questions, separate evidence-note fields and shared behavioral anchors; it does not produce an automated hiring decision.",
  "method": "Map every scorecard field to a cited structured-interview component or label it as a RoleProbe design choice.",
  "scope": "The generic v1 template and disclosed synthetic example only.",
  "entries": [
    {
      "fieldKey": "claim_to_verify",
      "label": "Resume claim to verify",
      "description": "Copy the statement to examine. Do not treat it as established fact.",
      "basis": "roleprobe_design_choice",
      "sourceIds": [],
      "sourceComponent": "Resume-claim boundary",
      "rationale": "RoleProbe adds this field to keep an applicant statement separate from interview evidence."
    },
    {
      "fieldKey": "job_related_competency",
      "label": "Job-related competency",
      "description": "Name the competency established for this role through job analysis.",
      "basis": "source_component",
      "sourceIds": [
        "source-opm-structured-interviews",
        "source-opm-practical-guide"
      ],
      "sourceComponent": "Job-related competency",
      "rationale": "OPM guidance starts structured-interview development from competencies tied to the job."
    },
    {
      "fieldKey": "predetermined_question",
      "label": "Predetermined core question",
      "description": "Ask every candidate for this role the same core question.",
      "basis": "source_component",
      "sourceIds": [
        "source-opm-structured-interviews",
        "source-campion-review"
      ],
      "sourceComponent": "Standardized question",
      "rationale": "The cited guidance and review treat consistent questions as a component of interview structure."
    },
    {
      "fieldKey": "evidence_notes",
      "label": "Evidence notes",
      "description": "Record observable answer content, missing detail and requested records.",
      "basis": "roleprobe_design_choice",
      "sourceIds": [],
      "sourceComponent": "Evidence-note field",
      "rationale": "RoleProbe makes the evidence record explicit so it does not collapse into the rating."
    },
    {
      "fieldKey": "anchor_1",
      "label": "Behavioral anchor 1",
      "description": "Define observable answer characteristics for score 1.",
      "basis": "source_component",
      "sourceIds": [
        "source-opm-structured-interviews",
        "source-opm-practical-guide",
        "source-campion-review"
      ],
      "sourceComponent": "Shared rating benchmark",
      "rationale": "The sources support common rating standards and behaviorally specific benchmarks."
    },
    {
      "fieldKey": "anchor_3",
      "label": "Behavioral anchor 3",
      "description": "Define observable answer characteristics for score 3.",
      "basis": "source_component",
      "sourceIds": [
        "source-opm-structured-interviews",
        "source-opm-practical-guide",
        "source-campion-review"
      ],
      "sourceComponent": "Shared rating benchmark",
      "rationale": "The sources support common rating standards and behaviorally specific benchmarks."
    },
    {
      "fieldKey": "anchor_5",
      "label": "Behavioral anchor 5",
      "description": "Define observable answer characteristics for score 5.",
      "basis": "source_component",
      "sourceIds": [
        "source-opm-structured-interviews",
        "source-opm-practical-guide",
        "source-campion-review"
      ],
      "sourceComponent": "Shared rating benchmark",
      "rationale": "The sources support common rating standards and behaviorally specific benchmarks."
    },
    {
      "fieldKey": "independent_rating",
      "label": "Independent rating (1–5)",
      "description": "Each trained rater records a score before panel discussion.",
      "basis": "source_component",
      "sourceIds": [
        "source-opm-practical-guide",
        "source-campion-review"
      ],
      "sourceComponent": "Independent structured scoring",
      "rationale": "The sources support structured administration and independent rating before score reconciliation."
    },
    {
      "fieldKey": "rating_rationale",
      "label": "Rating rationale",
      "description": "Tie the rating to the notes and the selected anchor.",
      "basis": "roleprobe_design_choice",
      "sourceIds": [],
      "sourceComponent": "Rating-to-evidence link",
      "rationale": "RoleProbe adds a written rationale to make the score traceable to recorded evidence."
    },
    {
      "fieldKey": "panel_discussion_notes",
      "label": "Panel discussion notes",
      "description": "After independent ratings, record discrepancies and follow-up needs.",
      "basis": "accountable_use_safeguard",
      "sourceIds": [],
      "sourceComponent": "Post-rating panel record",
      "rationale": "RoleProbe separates panel reconciliation from each rater’s original score to preserve human accountability."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "source-opm-structured-interviews",
      "title": "U.S. OPM: Structured Interviews",
      "url": "https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/assessment-and-selection/structured-interviews/",
      "evidenceLevel": "E3",
      "edition": "Current guidance accessed 2026-08-02",
      "locator": "Overview and benefits: job-related competencies, predetermined questions, common rating scale and acceptable-answer standards."
    },
    {
      "id": "source-opm-practical-guide",
      "title": "U.S. OPM: Structured Interviews — A Practical Guide",
      "url": "https://piv.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/assessment-and-selection/structured-interviews/guide.pdf",
      "evidenceLevel": "E3",
      "edition": "September 2008",
      "locator": "Development, rating-scale and administration sections, including interviewer preparation and scoring."
    },
    {
      "id": "source-campion-review",
      "title": "Campion, Palmer & Campion: A Review of Structure in the Selection Interview",
      "url": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1744-6570.1997.tb00709.x",
      "evidenceLevel": "E2",
      "edition": "Personnel Psychology 50 (1997), 655–702",
      "locator": "Peer-reviewed review of components used to increase selection-interview structure."
    }
  ]
}