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Reviewing Consensus Scores

How to use the Consensus tab to compare scores across multiple interviewers and reach a shared hiring recommendation.

Overview

When more than one interviewer has scored the same candidate — common in panel interviews or multi-round processes — the Consensus tab in the Interview Report brings all of their ratings together in a single view. Rather than reading through separate scorecards one at a time, your team can see every interviewer's assessment side by side, spot where they agree or disagree, and move toward a hiring decision together.

Note: The Consensus tab appears only when more than one interviewer has submitted a scorecard for the same candidate, and your organization has interview consolidation enabled. If you expect to see the tab but it is missing, ask your Crosschq administrator to check those settings.

What the Consensus tab shows

Hiring recommendations summary

At the top of the tab, a summary row lists every interviewer who rated the candidate, along with their overall hire recommendation and the date they submitted their scorecard.

Competency breakdown

Below the summary, every competency in the Interview Plan is listed as a row. Each interviewer's score for that competency appears in their own column, so you can see exactly where the panel agreed and where they diverged.

Score view and Bars view

Use the Score / Bars toggle in the top-right corner of the tab to switch between two views:

View Best for
Score Precise comparison — useful when the exact numeric difference matters, or when sharing results in a written summary.
Bars Visual scanning — horizontal bars make it easy to spot large disagreements at a glance, especially during a calibration conversation.

Expanding a competency row

Click any competency row to expand it. The expanded view shows the rubric anchor text — what each score level means — and any interviewer notes recorded for that competency. This is useful when two interviewers gave very different scores and you want to understand their reasoning before discussing it as a panel.

Confirming or rejecting a consensus

If your organization has the consolidation confirmation setting enabled, a recruiter can formally confirm or reject the panel's overall consensus once all interviewers have submitted their scorecards. Confirmation controls appear at the top of the Consensus tab when the panel is complete.

Note: If confirm/reject controls are not visible, your organization may not have the consolidation confirmation setting enabled. Contact your Crosschq administrator.
 

Tips for using Consensus in calibration

  • Start with Bars view — the visual makes disagreements obvious and gives the discussion a natural starting point.
  • Use row expand to pull up the rubric mid-conversation so everyone is scoring against the same definition.
  • If the panel is split on the overall recommendation, the disagreement usually traces back to one or two competencies with wide score gaps.
  • Read interviewer notes before concluding a score was simply wrong — context often explains the gap.