Hiring Room: Interview Prep

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Hire on evidence, not vibes. A wrong hire costs a small team months. Hiring Room is a private workspace for the interviewer's side of the table—for founders, managers, and small-business owners who interview without an HR department behind them. SET UP — THE ROLE Write the success profile: what is true in 90 days if this hire worked. Build the scorecard—4–8 weighted criteria with written anchors for what a 1 and a 4 look like. Plan behavioral questions mapped to each criterion, and set your red lines before charm can argue with them. A live Setup Score shows when the role is actually ready to interview for. INTERVIEW — INTERVIEW MODE Every candidate gets the same questions against the same scorecard—that consistency is what makes comparison honest. In the room: your question plan with tap-to-check tracking, an evidence pane to capture what they actually said per criterion, a Don't Ask guardrail card of commonly restricted topics with job-related alternatives, and quick notes. The screen stays awake throughout. DECIDE — SCORECARD AND COMPARE Right after the interview: record your gut call first, then score each criterion 1–4 with evidence attached. Get a weighted score, a recommendation, and a red-line check. The Compare matrix puts every scored candidate side by side on the same criteria. Stats builds your personal calibration: the average score you give, and how often your gut agrees with your evidence. LEARN — THE PLAYBOOK • 12 principles of structured hiring • 16 interviewer biases and the counter for each—halo, contrast, empty-seat pressure, mirror hiring • 40 behavioral questions by competency, each with what to listen for • 12 commonly restricted topics with the job-related question to ask instead • 8 frameworks: STAR probing, anchored scoring, work samples, reference calls, the decision meeting PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Fully offline • No account • No ads • No analytics or tracking • No external SDKs • No subscription • Optional Face ID or Touch ID lock • PDF Interview Pack export and full JSON backup and restore Notes about candidates are sensitive—everything you write stays on your device. Hiring Room is a preparation workspace. It does not provide legal or HR advice, and employment rules differ by region. Buy it once. Use it for every hire for years.