5 Steps to Turn an Interview Debrief into a Scorecard

By Robert Breen · Published October 1, 2026 · From the free lesson Turn an Interview Debrief into a Scorecard and a Candidate Follow-Up (Recruiting & HR)

A visual guide: turn an interview panel's debrief transcript into a ChatGPT scorecard with evidence for each must-have, then a candidate follow-up.

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The guide in text

Willow Bend Physical Therapy (made up) is hiring a Front Desk Lead. 5 steps.

Step by step

Copy the transcript
In the Google Doc from the debrief, open Edit, choose Select all, then Edit and Copy.
Ask for a scorecard
Name the four must-haves. Ask for Strong, Partial or Not discussed on each, with a short quote as evidence.
Set the rules
Only what is in the transcript and about the must-haves. No guessing at age, family, health or religion. Not stated for a missing owner or date.
Fill the gaps yourself
Two due dates say Not stated. Tell ChatGPT the dates and it updates the action items table.
Write the follow-up
A short email inviting the candidate to the final interview, with only the next steps. Scores and pay talk stay inside the team.

Businesses and people in the examples are made up (Willow Bend Physical Therapy is a made-up business). The steps, screens and wording come from the free lesson and the Stepthrough glossary and prompt library.

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Turn an Interview Debrief into a Scorecard and a Candidate Follow-Up (Recruiting & HR). Turn the transcript of an interview panel's debrief into a scorecard against the role's must-haves, the decisions, action items with owners and dates, and a follow-up email to the candidate. You do every step yourself in a practice copy of ChatGPT, it checks your work as you go, and “Do it for me” finishes any step you get stuck on. Free, and nothing touches your real accounts.

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Plain-English definitions, each with an example from a free lesson.

Interview scorecard Structured output AI bias Interview debrief Action items AI summarization Candidate experience Context window

The full AI glossary

Candidate follow-up after interview prompt: Write the email a candidate gets after an interview: thanks, where things stand, the next step and when they'll hear back, with…
Action items table prompt: Paste a meeting transcript or rough notes and get a table of every task, owner and due date, with "Not stated" wherever nobody…
Interview debrief agenda prompt: Plan a short interview debrief that goes must-have by must-have, keeps the talk on job evidence and ends with a decision, owners…
Interview scorecard prompt: Turn interview notes or a debrief transcript into a scorecard: each must-have rated with a quote as evidence, gaps marked Not…

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