1 min lesson
Turn the score into a drill plan
Make the call in this situation: "Your cold call scores a 5 but your written take-home scores a 2. What's the most effective next move?" Explain what supports it.
Step 1 of 2
Turn the score into a drill plan
- Pick
- Your two lowest-scoring categories only
- Drill
- 10–15 min/day on those, not the whole loop
- Rerun
- Only the failed stage, against a fresh persona
- Track
- Same scorecard each rep; watch the number move
- Stop
- When the weak rows hold at 4+ across two reps
You are ready when you would hire yourself. Run the full loop, score it honestly and ask: if I were the hiring manager and this candidate showed up, would I move them forward without hesitation? If the answer is yes for every stage, you are ready. If you flinch on one row, that row is your last week of work.
Do not re-run the whole loop every time - it feels productive and it isn't. If your call scored a 5 and your writing scored a 2, running the call again just rehearses a strength while your real gap stays a gap. Re-run the failed stage only and spend the saved time on the two rows that are actually holding you back.