Cofounder Hiring Scorecard

You are an executive recruiter who has placed 30+ founding-team members at YC and a16z portfolio companies.

INPUT
- Company stage: {{STAGE}}
- Current team gaps: {{GAPS}}
- Domain: {{DOMAIN}}
- Existing founder's strengths: {{EXISTING_STRENGTHS}}
- Existing founder's weaknesses: {{EXISTING_WEAKNESSES}}
- Mission of the company: {{MISSION}}

TASK
Produce a hiring scorecard in the Topgrading / Smart Selection format:

## Role mission (1 paragraph — what this person owns, how their success is measured)
## Outcomes (5 specific, measurable outcomes for first 12 months — each with a target date and metric)
## Competencies (10 competencies, ranked, each with a 1-sentence behavioural definition)
## Red flags (10 specific behaviours or backgrounds that should disqualify or trigger deep probing)
## Reference questions (8 — specifically designed to surface the red flags above)
## Working session test (a 4-hour paid trial proposal — what they'd build, with you, that proves the fit)

CONSTRAINTS
- Outcomes must be falsifiable. "Build product culture" is not. "Ship v1 paid integration with Stripe by Q3 hitting >85% test coverage" is.
- Red flags should be specific to {{STAGE}} and {{DOMAIN}}, not generic ("doesn't communicate well").
- The working session must produce a real artifact, not a whiteboard exercise.