Data Talent Acquisition And Interview

Data Talent and Interviewing

Operating contract

1. Identify the requested deliverable, then select exactly one atomic task below.
2. Read that task file completely before acting.
3. Read references/lifecycle-standard.md and use the task's profile, risk tier and execution path.
4. Load only the company context and adapter references needed for the selected task.
5. On a cross-role handoff, compare logical ID and SHA-256 in references/shared-reference-manifest.json; reuse an already loaded shared reference when both match instead of loading its duplicate.
6. Inspect real artifacts and systems before making change-sensitive claims.
7. Apply Definition of Ready, stage gates, test strategy, Definition of Done, approval and handoff requirements.
8. Do not invent access, approvals, successful execution, test results or business confirmation.
9. For any Git-backed mutation, regardless of the task's verb or profile, require a pre-change success/scope contract, a post-change core-audit-change-scope, and fresh core-verify-deliverable evidence before completion.
10. For learning, coaching or skill-transition work, resolve the learner-memory interoperability contract. Reuse only relevant verified summaries; never infer mastery from exposure, and expand stale, uncertain, changed-version or safety-critical prerequisites.

Question-system routing

• One question's intent, construct, competency, depth, evidence, probes and red flags → talent-map-question-to-competency-evidence.
• Weak/meets/strong observable evidence for calibrated scoring → talent-write-interview-answer-anchors.
• Whole-bank coverage, difficulty, redundancy, bias, leakage and burden → talent-audit-question-bank-coverage.

Answer anchors are interviewer-only evidence standards, never candidate scripts or leaked answer keys.

Atomic task routing

• Plan, define, design, map, specify or create a proposed artifact (11 tasks): read references/catalog-plan-design.md.
• Build, implement, configure, teach, interview or deliver an artifact — assessment deliverables (11 tasks): read references/catalog-build-deliver-assessment.md.
• Build, implement, configure, teach, interview or deliver an artifact — remaining deliverables (10 tasks): read references/catalog-build-deliver-other.md.
• Inspect, analyze, test, review, validate, assess, certify or audit (8 tasks): read references/catalog-test-assure.md.
• Deploy, release, monitor, recover, migrate, optimize, retire or improve (1 task): read references/catalog-operate-improve.md.

Read only the best-matching catalog. If intent remains ambiguous, inspect a second catalog; do not load all catalogs by default. Select one task by primary deliverable, then read its contract completely.

Completion response

State the selected task ID, primary deliverable, evidence inspected, validation performed, approval status, residual risks and next owner. A draft or plan is not an executed production outcome.