interview-designer

What This Skill Does

The Interview Designer is an expert-level AI capability designed to revolutionize the talent acquisition process. Moving far beyond traditional, subjective interviewing, this skill applies evidence-based methodology to validate candidate potential. By integrating the rigorous principles of Geoff Smart’s 'Topgrading', Lou Adler’s performance-based hiring, and Daniel Kahneman’s behavioral bias mitigation, it transforms how you evaluate talent. The skill enforces a structured 'Scorecard-first' workflow, forcing you to define success metrics before ever viewing a resume. It then guides you through a forensic scan of a candidate's background to identify genuine contributions versus 'resume padding', and culminates in designing future-focused simulations to test a candidate's ability to solve your company's actual upcoming challenges.

Installation

Install the skill via the OpenClaw command-line interface: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/mikonos/interview-designer

Use Cases

• Structured Hiring: Building a repeatable, bias-free interview process for high-growth teams.
• Executive Search: Deep-diving into high-stakes leadership roles where performance history is complex.
• Technical Assessment: Validating technical depth by separating buzzword fluency from first-principles understanding.
• Team Standardization: Ensuring every interviewer in your organization is calibrated on the exact same 'A Player' definition for a role.

Example Prompts

1. "I'm hiring a Senior Product Manager. Use the interview-designer skill to create an A-Player scorecard and five forensic STAR questions based on this JD: [Insert JD text]"
2. "I have a candidate for the Head of Engineering role. Their resume looks perfect, but I'm worried about confirmation bias. Conduct a forensic scan on these [Resume Points] and provide a list of pressure-test questions to verify if they were a driver or a passenger."
3. "Design a future simulation task for a Marketing Director candidate that forces them to demonstrate how they would solve our current customer churn issue within their first 30 days."

Tips & Limitations

• Pre-requisites: Always provide the full job description. The quality of the interview output is strictly dependent on the precision of the initial scorecard.
• Bias Control: Use the 'De-bias' feature when you find yourself falling in love with a candidate's pedigree or university background to ensure you remain focused on objective evidence.
• Limitations: This skill provides a framework and script; the effectiveness depends on the interviewer’s ability to follow the forensic questioning paths during the actual conversation. It cannot perform the interview for you; it prepares you to be a world-class assessor.