Hiring intake diagnostic

Use these probes to find the real role behind the requested title.

Outcome probes

• What must be visibly better 12 months after this person starts?
• Which decision or deliverable will they own without escalation?
• What work is currently not getting done, and who is covering it badly?
• Is this a replacement, a new capability, or additional capacity?

Scope probes

• What percentage is hands-on work, team leadership, and cross-functional influence?
• How many people will report to the hire now and within a year?
• Do they manage managers, individual contributors, agencies, or no one?
• Who is their manager, and which peers determine whether they succeed?

Evidence probes

• Which past achievement would prove they can deliver the core outcome?
• Which skills must be present on day one, and which can be learned in 90 days?
• Which adjacent background has worked before?
• Which impressive-looking proxy has repeatedly failed to predict success?

Contradiction flags

• Executive title with mostly hands-on scope.
• Global remit with local compensation.
• Five unrelated must-have specialties.
• Seniority defined only as years of experience.
• "Culture fit" with no observable working behavior.

When a contradiction appears, state it plainly and offer two coherent role shapes. Ask the user to choose before searching.