- 01Rubric deep-dive · Pillar 01
Rubric deep-dive: craft and judgment (Pillar 01).
25% of the composite. Two senior practitioners read your real shipped work against a calibrated reference set. Not tool familiarity. Judgment. What we look for and how to prepare.
6 min - 02Rubric deep-dive · Pillar 02
Rubric deep-dive: past-work review (Pillar 02).
20% of the composite. Screenshots and slides are not evidence. We grade shipped work you can open, outcomes the team can prove they caused, and how long clients stay. What we look for per discipline.
7 min - 03Rubric deep-dive · Pillar 03
Rubric deep-dive: reference checks (Pillar 03).
20% of the composite. Signal comes from the questions the agency does not want us to ask and the answers references do not want to give. Candor beats enthusiasm. What we ask, and how we score.
6 min - 04Rubric deep-dive · Pillar 04
Rubric deep-dive: communications assessment (Pillar 04).
20% of the composite. Most offshore engagements break down on written communication before they break down on code. A writing sample, a call recording, a one-week responsiveness window, a bad-news roleplay. How we score each.
6 min - 05Rubric deep-dive · Pillar 05
Rubric deep-dive: operating baseline (Pillar 05).
15% of the composite, and the pillar most likely to end a vetting cycle. Not SOC 2. A check that the team handles data, access, change control, incidents, and contracts at a level a serious buyer can defend to their own security team.
7 min