{
  "registry_version": "2026.08.3",
  "data": {
    "title": "Client Profile Approval and Client Interview",
    "status": "active",
    "evidence_ids": [
      "EVD-034"
    ],
    "content": "# Client Profile Approval and Client Interview\n\nThe candidate profile is submitted to the end client for review, followed by a client-side interview round.\n\n### Pass Condition\nThe client approves the profile submission and signs off on the technical and culture match after the interview.",
    "id": "B-015",
    "type": "barrier",
    "stage": "client",
    "order": 15,
    "precedes": [],
    "description": "The candidate profile is submitted to the end client for review, followed by a client-side interview round.",
    "pass_condition": "The client approves the profile submission and signs off on the technical and culture match after the interview.",
    "evidence_level": "established",
    "specimens": [
      {
        "kind": "ats",
        "label": "Client review status",
        "lines": [
          {
            "at": "day 14",
            "text": "Vendor screen & tech assessment: passed",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "at": "day 16",
            "text": "Profile submitted to client for approval",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "at": "day 28",
            "text": "Client interview scheduled",
            "tell": true
          }
        ],
        "reading": "The candidate remains in an external waiting state where decision authority sits with a party not named on the requisition."
      }
    ],
    "perspectives": [
      {
        "actor": "client",
        "sees": "A curated batch of candidate profiles forwarded by vendors, evaluated against internal delivery timelines.",
        "reads": "Profiles are supplier proposals; reviewing them carries no direct employment commitment.",
        "does": "Selects preferred profiles for a client interview or rejects without detailed feedback."
      },
      {
        "actor": "recruiter",
        "sees": "A candidate who passed vendor screening, awaiting feedback from the client account manager.",
        "reads": "Time-to-feedback is dictated by the client; the vendor cannot advance the candidate unilaterally.",
        "does": "Follows up with the client contact while keeping the candidate warm with generic holding updates."
      },
      {
        "actor": "candidate",
        "sees": "An extended delay after vendor interviews, followed by an additional external round.",
        "reads": "The interview process includes an unannounced external decision gate.",
        "does": "Prepares for a client interview whose evaluation criteria and contractual context are opaque."
      },
      {
        "actor": "employer-policy",
        "sees": "Commercial margin targets dependent on placing candidate billable hours on the client contract.",
        "reads": "Candidate placement directly realizes project revenue once client sign-off is secured.",
        "does": "Monitors client approval rates and manages bench fallback options."
      }
    ]
  }
}