FIELD DEPLOYMENT MANUAL — SCORECARD
Forward Deployed Engineer
Interview Scorecard
Five competencies. One rubric. A consistent bar across every interviewer, every loop.
01
COMPETENCY 01 / 05
Customer Empathy
Root need vs. stated ask
Affected stakeholders
Validated post-delivery
"Tell me about a time a customer's stated request wasn't actually their real problem. How did you find out?"
02
COMPETENCY 02 / 05
Radical Ownership
"I" accountability
Proactive escalation
Follows through to resolution
"Tell me about a time something broke that wasn't technically your fault. What did you do?"
03
COMPETENCY 03 / 05
Problem Decomposition
Concrete sub-problems
Smallest valuable slice
Non-technical explanation
"Walk me through how you'd break down 'help us integrate with the customer's data pipeline.'"
04
COMPETENCY 04 / 05
Product Sense
Generalizes one-offs
Weighs long-term cost
Closes the loop with product/eng
"Tell me about something you built for one customer that became a real product feature."
05
COMPETENCY 05 / 05
Ambiguity Handling
Moves on incomplete specs
Honest about uncertainty
Adapts to new information
"Tell me about a project that started with almost no spec. How did you get moving?"
SCORING SUMMARY
Tally the rubric
| Customer Empathy
| __ / 5 |
| Radical Ownership
| __ / 5 |
| Problem Decomposition
| __ / 5 |
| Product Sense
| __ / 5 |
| Ambiguity Handling
| __ / 5 |
RECOMMENDATION
Make the call.
Score independently, compare across interviewers, then decide together.
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FDE SCORECARD WALKTHROUGH