Resources

Hiring frameworks you can actually use.

A small library of playbooks, checklists and scorecard ideas we use with hiring teams. Adapt them to your own process, or use them as a starting point for your next role.

Playbook

Designing a realistic interview process

Move away from generic “3 interviews and a gut feel” toward a clearer process that mirrors the real work and respects candidate time.

  • • Map stages to real decisions, not habit
  • • Balance depth with time-to-offer
  • • Decide who's in the room and why
  • • Capture signals in a way you can defend

Checklist

Candidate experience audit

Run this checklist on any role — from application to offer — to spot drop-off points, confusing steps and slow feedback loops.

  • • What candidates see on the jobs page
  • • How long each stage really takes
  • • Where updates go missing or arrive late
  • • Moments that build or damage trust

Framework

Scorecards & hiring signals

Turn vague “culture fit” into clear, observable signals that everyone on the panel understands — and can write down.

  • • Split role requirements into a few key dimensions
  • • Define what “strong”, “good” and “concern” look like
  • • Keep comments focused on evidence, not vibes
  • • Make final decisions easier to explain later

Using these alongside ThinkATS

The same ideas behind these resources show up inside ThinkATS: structured stages, clear scorecards and better visibility on where candidates get stuck.

Teams use the playbook thinking to set up their pipelines, adapt the checklist when reviewing candidate journeys, and bring the scorecard approach into how they log feedback on each role.

See how the product ties it together →Talk to us about your own hiring playbook →