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id: B-015
type: barrier
title: "Client Profile Approval and Client Interview"
lang: en
registry: 2026.08.3
canonical: https://hoba.work/barriers/B-015
json: https://hoba.work/api/v1/barriers/B-015.json
---

# Client Profile Approval and Client Interview

The candidate profile is submitted to the end client for review, followed by a client-side interview round.

> **On the canonical path** — [One panel, one question each, one decision rule](https://hoba.work/process#WF-003-panel)
>
> Every interviewer knows what they are measuring and that nobody else is measuring it. The rule that turns their scores into a decision is agreed before the first conversation, and no round is added after the process has started.
>
> This entry is one of the ways that commitment stops being kept.

## At a glance

- Stage: Client approval
- Step in the funnel: #15
- Evidence: established

## Passing condition

The client approves the profile submission and signs off on the technical and culture match after the interview.

## What it looks like

Composite excerpts, written to be typical rather than copied. No particular message, company or person is quoted here.

**Client review status** — *reconstruction*

```
  day 14  Vendor screen & tech assessment: passed
  day 16  Profile submitted to client for approval
> day 28  Client interview scheduled
```

*What to notice* The candidate remains in an external waiting state where decision authority sits with a party not named on the requisition.

## From each side

The same entry from inside each position that meets it: what reaches them, what it means from there, and what happens next given what they control.

### Client

- **What reaches them:** A curated batch of candidate profiles forwarded by vendors, evaluated against internal delivery timelines.
- **What it means from there:** Profiles are supplier proposals; reviewing them carries no direct employment commitment.
- **What happens next:** Selects preferred profiles for a client interview or rejects without detailed feedback.

### Recruiter

- **What reaches them:** A candidate who passed vendor screening, awaiting feedback from the client account manager.
- **What it means from there:** Time-to-feedback is dictated by the client; the vendor cannot advance the candidate unilaterally.
- **What happens next:** Follows up with the client contact while keeping the candidate warm with generic holding updates.

### Candidate

- **What reaches them:** An extended delay after vendor interviews, followed by an additional external round.
- **What it means from there:** The interview process includes an unannounced external decision gate.
- **What happens next:** Prepares for a client interview whose evaluation criteria and contractual context are opaque.

### Employer policy

- **What reaches them:** Commercial margin targets dependent on placing candidate billable hours on the client contract.
- **What it means from there:** Candidate placement directly realizes project revenue once client sign-off is secured.
- **What happens next:** Monitors client approval rates and manages bench fallback options.

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