The Weighted-Impact Scoring model provides an option for curved grading which means it will intentionally skew the actual scores of your candidates, in order to achieve a standard distribution curve.

How It Works

This is similar to curved grading in school, where a teacher will employ this method to offset particularly easy or difficult exams, to try to better reflect relative standing of students within the class.

The concept is similar here, except we’re trying to offset human scoring bias, since individuals who are not experienced with scoring can be biased toward scoring most items toward the high, mid, or low range of the spectrum. Doing so doesn’t provide much distribution by which to measure the relative benefits of candidates, which is the point of scoring.

Curved grading can be particularly helpful in team settings where you may have a mix of biases amongst team members, all contributing to the scoring of a list of candidates. This mechanism can help to normalize that bias.

Enabling Curved Grading

To use Curved Grading, go to the ‘More Settings icon button on the Candidates > Prioritize page. Click ‘Score Settings’ and the scoring configuration modal will appear. Select Weighted Impact as your model and then select the checkbox to enable curved grading below it.