# HotTea Hiring Signal Pilot Acceptance Packet

Use this to decide whether a team is ready for the paid HotTea hiring review pilot.

## Offer

- Product: hottea_hiring_signal_pilot
- Price: $2,500 pilot
- Candidate loops: 3-5
- Delivery target: 5 business days after complete intake

## Buyer Fit

- Engineering team has 3-5 completed or near-complete technical assessment loops for one role.
- Hiring lead needs a defensible decision packet, not another interview platform rollout.
- Reviewer notes, transcripts, scorecards, GitHub/code evidence, or assessment artifacts can be shared for review.
- Decision owner will use HotTea as decision support and owns the final hiring decision.

## Qualified Yes

- The team is debating advance/no-advance, level, signal strength, or reviewer disagreement.
- The candidate evidence is messy enough that a calibrated third-party review would save time or reduce risk.
- The buyer can accept a bounded service pilot before asking for custom ATS, scheduling, or marketplace features.

## Disqualifiers

- Buyer wants a full ATS, interview scheduling, or a coding-test marketplace.
- Buyer expects HotTea to make the final hiring decision automatically.
- Buyer cannot share any candidate evidence, reviewer notes, rubric, or decision question.
- Buyer wants a free generic SaaS trial instead of a paid review outcome.

## Acceptance Bar

- paid_commitment: $2,500 pilot paid pilot or owner-approved equivalent commitment Proof: Stripe Checkout session or written owner-approved commitment before delivery work starts.
- single_role_scope: One role, one hiring team, 3-5 candidate loops Proof: Role, seniority, candidate-loop count, and decision question captured in pilot intake.
- rubric_available: Role rubric or scoring expectations available Proof: Rubric text, rubric link, scorecard export, or weighting notes uploaded.
- candidate_evidence_available: Candidate materials and reviewer notes available Proof: Take-home/code links, GitHub submission, transcript excerpts, scorecards, or reviewer notes uploaded.
- decision_support_boundary: Buyer accepts decision-support boundary Proof: Scope acceptance recorded; final hiring decision remains with the customer.

## Required Inputs

- Role and seniority: Anchors expected signal level and report language. Accepted formats: text.
- Decision question: Keeps the report focused on the choice the team must defend. Accepted formats: text.
- Rubric and weights: Prevents reviewer preferences from silently overriding agreed criteria. Accepted formats: pasted rubric, doc link, ATS scorecard export.
- Candidate materials: Provides the evidence base for candidate signal. Accepted formats: GitHub URL, code archive link, take-home submission, assessment export.
- Reviewer notes and scorecards: Lets HotTea map disagreement and missing evidence. Accepted formats: pasted notes, doc link, CSV/export, interview transcript excerpt.
- Constraints: Names legal, confidentiality, timing, or role-specific boundaries before delivery. Accepted formats: text.

## Buyer Actions

1. Review scope: https://hottea.ai/pilot.md
2. Pay or commit: https://hottea.ai/pilot#pilot-checkout
3. Submit role, rubric, and evidence: https://hottea.ai/app/pilot
4. Review Hiring Signal Report: https://hottea.ai/app/pilot/report

## Delivery Plan

- Day 0 (Buyer): Accept pilot scope and complete paid commitment.
- Day 0-1 (Buyer): Submit role, rubric, candidate materials, reviewer notes, transcripts, and decision constraints.
- Day 1 (HotTea): Confirm intake completeness, flag missing evidence, and lock candidate loop count.
- Day 2-5 (HotTea): Generate candidate Hiring Signal Reports and reviewer disagreement/calibration readout.
- Delivery (Buyer + HotTea): Review report, unresolved evidence gaps, and what to ask next before any hiring decision is finalized.

## Delivery Outputs

- Hiring Signal Report for each reviewed candidate loop
- Rubric-by-rubric evidence summary
- Reviewer disagreement map with evidence-backed resolution notes
- Risk flags and missing-evidence notes
- Hiring recommendation with confidence and next-interview guidance
- Team calibration readout for future interview loops

## Boundaries

- This packet is a scoped acceptance checklist for a paid hiring-review pilot, not a master services agreement.
- HotTea does not replace the customer's hiring decision, legal review, candidate communication, or ATS workflow.
- Do not expand into custom SaaS, full ATS, or generic interview tooling until a paid pilot exposes a concrete delivery gap.