Interviewing & Evaluating Candidates Skill for Muse
Run high-signal interviews that assess real performance.
- What
- Run high-signal interviews that assess real performance.
- Cost
- Free
- Needs
- none — have the role you're hiring for in mind when we start.
- Install
- Copy the installer prompt below into your Muse — your agent does the rest.
Helps you design and run a high-signal interview process that prioritizes real-world performance over superficial charisma or pedigree: defining the role's core competencies, designing practical almost-real-life assessments instead of abstract case studies, applying standardized evaluation rubrics to reduce bias, and running high-fidelity reference checks. Draws on insights from guests and posts across Lenny's Podcast and Newsletter. Discovered via skills.sh. Honest note: this is the hiring-manager side of interviewing — it complements the candidate-side interview skills already in the catalogue (resume, cover letter, job application optimizer); aimed at founders and hiring managers, not job seekers. Skill Harbor never reviews the code, review it yourself before use. Not verified.
Curated by Skill Harbor — free, open-source skill (MIT) by @refoundai.
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Install
Prerequisites: none — have the role you're hiring for in mind when we start. Install "Interviewing & Evaluating Candidates Skill for Muse" for me. Helps me design and run a high-signal interview process: defining the role's core competencies, practical almost-real-life assessments instead of abstract case studies, standardized evaluation rubrics to reduce bias, and high-fidelity reference checks — prioritizing real-world performance over charisma or pedigree. Repository: https://github.com/refoundai/lenny-skills/blob/main/skills/interviewing-evaluating-candidates/SKILL.md 1. Fetch the SKILL.md file (and any helper files: references/, assets/, scripts/) from the repository path into a temporary folder and summarize what it does in one or two sentences. 2. Safety check: review the SKILL.md and scripts for anything suspicious (unexpected network calls, shell commands, credential harvesting). This repo should contain zero secrets in code, credentials only via the secure vault, allowed hosts declared in the SKILL.md. Verify that holds here; STOP on any red flag and tell me. 3. Install it as a skill: copy SKILL.md and its helper files into the agent's skills directory, in a folder named "conducting-interviews". 4. Verify with no network calls: frontmatter valid, files in place. 5. Report what was installed, where, and what I still need to do myself (e.g. describe the role I'm hiring for). GitHub is optional: if I have a GitHub account or the gh CLI, you may use it; otherwise public access is fine. Never require it unless it's in the prerequisites above. Rules: don't touch anything outside the temp folder and the install target. If anything looks off, stop and ask me.
Questions
How do I install a build?
Every product page includes a copy-paste install prompt. Paste it into your Muse and it sets the build up for you — no manual configuration.
Where does my money go?
Straight to the seller. Skill Harbor never processes payments: checkout happens on the seller’s own page, usually Stripe.
What does the ✓ next to a creator’s name mean?
It means we confirmed the identity of the person behind the listing. It says nothing about the code itself — always check a build before installing it.