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M Mechanism (M-001)
Honest Baseline Candidate Action

Genuine Technical Skill Shortfall

The candidate’s verified technical execution or domain depth does not meet the established baseline for the role level.

Classification Facets

Actor Locus: candidate
Nature: rule
Visibility: inferable
Removability: candidate

Structural Funnel Gates (Barriers) Where Mechanism Operates

B-005: Technical Screen / Live Assessment Stage: technical B-006: Take-Home / Work Sample Evaluation Stage: technical B-007: Hiring Manager In-Depth Review Stage: hiring-manager

Observable Signals Emitted (Artifacts)

A-008 Fidelity: direct
Explicit feedback citing skill-depth shortfall
A-002 Fidelity: euphemism
Generic "closer alignment" rejection template

Explicit Forensic Non-Inferences:

  • Rejection does not mean the candidate has no engineering ability, only that the requirement bar was unmet for this specific benchmark.

Targeted System Interventions:

I-003: Standardized Late-Stage Rejection Feedback Taxonomy

Provide candidates reaching technical or panel stages with structured, rubric-based feedback categories rather than generic templates.
Machine-readable static endpoint: /api/v1/mechanisms/M-001.json