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title: Applicant Interviews
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collection: Peer Support
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path: Peer Support/Manual/Applicant Interviews
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parentDocument: Manual
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outlineId: 23eed4f9-23bf-4ddc-a584-a72a139e21d2
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updatedAt: '2026-03-02T17:45:21.924Z'
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createdBy: Jennie R.F.
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Part of your role as a Peer Support is helping us select the studios for each cohort. You'll be involved in second round interviews only - eileen and Jennie handle eligibility screening and first round interviews, including checking that all application materials are accessible and in order.
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### How it works
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You'll be asked to attend a maximum of 2 second round interviews over a two-to-three week period. Each interview can be up to 90 minutes, though some are shorter. Two peer supports attend each interview.
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When an interview is scheduled, you'll get a notification in Slack (in the #bg-cohort-6-interviews channel).
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To sign yourself up, emoji-react to the notification with ✋. You'll receive a calendar invite once you've signed up.
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If your schedule changes and you need to cancel, please let eileen and Jennie know ASAP.
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### Before each interview
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Before your interview, you'll have access to the applicant's full application, the application review, and first round reviews through [hub.babyghosts.org](https://hub.babyghosts.org/). You can see what's already been discussed, what questions have been answered, and how the studio scored in the first round.
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A Question Bank is pinned in the Slack canvas for your peer support channel. It's a starting point - you don't have to stick to it, but the questions in there are designed to help with your scoring based on our rubric.
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Take some time to review before each interview.
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### During the interview
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Think of the interview as a conversation, not an interrogation. You're trying to understand who this team is, how they work together, and whether they're ready for what this program asks of them.
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Pay attention to how the team interacts with each other during the interview - not just what they say. Some of the most useful information comes from watching team dynamics in real time.
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### Scoring
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After each interview, you'll score the studio through your reviewer account on [hub.babyghosts.org](https://hub.babyghosts.org/). The scoring rubric is built into the interface, so you'll see the criteria and rating descriptions as you go.
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In addition to the rubric scoring, you'll do a qualitative assessment before making your final recommendation, covering:
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* **Pain point awareness** - Do they know where they're struggling? A team that can name their challenges with some nuance is in a very different place than one that says everything's fine.
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* **Openness to feedback** - Can they receive input without getting defensive or dismissive? The program involves being willing to learn and make changes.
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* **Team dynamics** - Is everyone participating? Are they communicating well with each other? Are there power imbalances that concern you?
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* **Cohort fit** - Do they get that this is about giving and contributing, not just taking? Do they seem like they'd mesh well with the community?
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### Your comments matter!
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The comments field is really important. We read qualitative comments closely when reviewing scores. If you write "this team absolutely has to be in" or flag a specific concern, that carries a lot of weight. Don't be shy - we trust your instincts!
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### How final decisions are made
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After all interviews are done, the full group of peer supports gathers to make final selections together. We don't automatically accept the highest scoring studios. Rather, we talk about which teams we feel we can best support, how well teams fit with each other and whether studios seem likely to participate actively.
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Community participation carries significant weight because without it, teams don't get to practice what they're learning and see it in action from other studios. Also, a team might be a great fit for one cohort and not another. We do consider the overall diversity of the cohorts and prioritize groups that have been underrepresented in our past cohorts.
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This is also when you'll indicate which studios you're most interested in working with, which feeds into the matching process. We can't guarantee that you'll get your top pick, but we'll try our best!
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