Purpose
A guided, business-first questionnaire captures how your organization hires. Your answers become the agreed configuration baseline, no technical knowledge required.The three setup areas
- Foundation. Company structure and role expectations.
- Operations. How evaluations run and are scored.
- Governance. Access, privacy, compliance, and oversight.
Who should be in the room
Talent / Hiring Lead
Owns the hiring process and role definitions.
Hiring Managers
Define what strong performance looks like per role.
HR Operations
Own the pipeline and candidate communication.
Compliance / Legal / Privacy
Confirm frameworks, retention, and consent.
IT / Security
Own access, integrations, and data residency.
Executive Sponsor
Approves and signs off the baseline.
How answering works
1
Answer in business language
You describe how you hire; Exterview translates it into the platform. No
schemas, no code.
2
Use defaults where you're not ready
If a decision isn’t ready, Exterview applies sensible defaults you can
revisit later.
3
Review and sign off
Nothing is final until sign-off. Once signed, setup becomes the agreed
configuration baseline.
Material changes after sign-off should be reviewed and approved before use.
Changes that affect scoring re-baseline to a new version so results stay
reproducible.
FAQs
Do we need every answer ready before we start?
Do we need every answer ready before we start?
No. Where a decision isn’t ready, Exterview applies sensible defaults that you can revisit before sign-off.
Who signs off?
Who signs off?
Typically the executive sponsor, with input from talent, HR, compliance, and
IT. Sign-off makes the setup the agreed baseline.
What if we change our mind after sign-off?
What if we change our mind after sign-off?
Material changes go through review and approval. Scoring-affecting changes re-baseline to a new version.
Is any of this technical?
Is any of this technical?
No. The questionnaire is answered in business language; Exterview handles the translation.
Related
- Foundation Setup. Start defining your structure.
- Go-Live Readiness. What to confirm before deploying.

