DCO Slots - How Vital Are Interview Scores for Selection?

[3onaMatch]

Crowdsourcing: If you competed for a DCO slot, what were your scores and we you selected?

I know interview scores are very important, but how important exactly? If one does only fair on the interview, or say, receives a 7 or 8 due to flubbing a question or two, is there any concievable way they could still be selected on the strength of their other package materials? Or is a middling interview score an automatic disqualifier?

I know this has been discussed before, but I'm just skeptical of the conventional wisdom that only 9's and 10's are acceptible. I'm interested in hearing anecdotal information.

 

[FormerRecruitingGuru]

Crowdsourcing: If you competed for a DCO slot, what were your scores and we you selected?

I know interview scores are very important, but how important exactly? If one does only fair on the interview, or say, receives a 7 or 8 due to flubbing a question or two, is there any concievable way they could still be selected on the strength of their other package materials? Or is a middling interview score an automatic disqualifier?

I know this has been discussed before, but I'm just skeptical of the conventional wisdom that only 9's and 10's are acceptible. I'm interested in hearing anecdotal information.

Check out the respective IWC DCO board threads - you can find your answers there.

 

[3onaMatch]

Check out the respective IWC DCO board threads - you can find your answers there.

Thanks for the tip. I've done a pretty exhaustive amount of research. I realize the standard position seems to be that only 9 and 10's merit serious consideration. I'm just curious how accurate that truly is. It seems to sharply contrast with the "whole-person" evaluation method that is purportedly used. I am curious if there have been cases where a mediocre interview score was offset by a strong resume and LOR's. Is that even possible?