How Do I Grade My Students?
Quinn gives students two separate scores: one for their resume and one for their interview. Neither score is about hitting a perfect number. The goal is for students to keep improving over time.
Resumes
Max score: 400, but that is NEVER the goal for students (or even staff at Quinncia).
Quinn grades resumes on three things:
- General — Does it have their name, contact info, education, and proper sections?
- Formatting — Are spelling, grammar, fonts, and margins correct?
- Content — Do bullet points show technical skills, essential skills, and measurable results?
Badges show how a student stacks up against peers at their school:
- 🥇 Gold — Top 10%
- 🥈 Silver — Middle 50%
- 🥉 Bronze — Bottom 40%
A first-year student getting bronze is completely normal. The goal is to move up over time.
What students should really focus on:
- Flags — Edits that need to be made for resumes to parse ATS
- Improvements — Optional recommendations for students to improve their resumes
How to Grade Resumes
Option 1 — Set score benchmarks by year. Send Quinncia a few strong student resumes, and we'll score them to help you set grade-level benchmarks:
| Year | Expected Range |
| 1st year | 100–150 |
| 2nd year | 150–200 |
| 3rd year | 200–250 |
| 4th year | 250+ |
Option 2 — Grade on improvement over time. Instead of grading on a fixed score, track whether students' scores go up with each resume submission — the goal is showing growth, not hitting a specific number.
Option 3 — Set specific goals by year. For example:
- 1st/2nd year: 0–1 flags, at least 3 core skills shown
- 3rd/4th year: 0–1 flags, 10 or fewer improvements, 5–8 core skills shown
Interviews
Max score: 700 — Again, this is NOT the goal for students. Students should aim to improve each time.
Each question is worth up to 100 points, split like this:
- 20 pts — Audio: speaking pace, filler words, answer length, communication style
- 10 pts — Video: eye contact, attire, background, expressions, enthusiasm
- 70 pts — Content: skills, experiences, and language that match the job
Content is worth the most points because ultimately, job offers come down to what students say and how well they say it.
Interview flags = critiques for anything that could get a student rejected. Students should aim for fewer than 10 flags per interview.
You can also add your own flags and adjust the Content score directly, and Quinn will weigh your feedback more heavily than her own.
How to Grade Interviews
| Year | Target Score |
| 1st year | 200+ |
| 2nd year | 250+ |
| 3rd year | 300+ |
| 4th year | 350+ (ambitious: 400+) |
How should you grade?
Here are examples of potential grading rubrics. Please alter the rubrics as you wish to meet the needs of your class:
