role check

a short follow-up to a mapping that asks only about the concepts a new role needs and the engineer’s skill map doesn’t yet cover.

because mapping is done once and reused, an engineer applying to a second company is not asked everything again.

related terms

• mapping: a 20 to 30 minute conversation, in english, by voice or typing, in which an engineer is asked about their real work through situations that unfold. it produces their skill map.
• skill map: an engineer’s own record of the concepts they understand and the things they have done, each with the evidence behind it. the engineer sees it before any company does.