How do criteria and weights become one score?

Each criterion is scored 1–100 against the evidence in the resume, and the weights turn those scores into one overall score out of 100.

Updated September 25, 2026 · 5 min read

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The arithmetic

Weights are percentages and must total 100. Each criterion gets a score from 1 to 100 with a written justification, and the overall number is the weighted average of those scores.

Ships end-to-end features   30%    80   =  24.0
Depth in our stack          25%   100   =  25.0
Works without a spec        20%    60   =  12.0
Production ownership        15%    60   =   9.0
Written communication       10%    60   =   6.0
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Overall                                    76

The number is only useful because the five lines above it are visible. A score with no reasoning attached is noise, which is why every criterion carries its own justification.

What a minimum score does

A minimum flags a candidate as below the bar you set on that criterion. It is a marker for a human to look at, not a gate.

HyreTech has no auto-reject. Nothing is rejected because of a score, on any plan. Advancing or rejecting a candidate is always an action someone on your team takes.

When you disagree with a score

Read the per-criterion reasoning first — disagreement is usually about the rubric rather than the candidate. If a criterion is being read more literally than you meant, rewording it and rescoring that role is the fix.

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