---
title: "Create Interview Assessment"
method: POST
path: "/api/candidates/{candidate_id}/interview"
tags: ["interviews"]
---

# Create Interview Assessment

`POST /api/candidates/{candidate_id}/interview`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.ruzora.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.ruzora.com/api/candidates/{candidate_id}/interview`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Create a new interview assessment for a candidate.

Computes the weighted total (40/30/20/10) server-side, inserts the row,
and updates the candidate's denormalized cache columns in one transaction.

## Path parameters

- `candidate_id` string, uuid, required

## Request body

- InterviewAssessmentCreate: Payload for POST /api/candidates/{id}/interview.
  - `format` 'system_design' | 'code_review' | 'project_walk', required
  - `tech_score` union, required
    - number
    - string
  - `comm_score` union, required
    - number
    - string
  - `culture_score` union, required
    - number
    - string
  - `motivation_score` union, required
    - number
    - string
  - `notes` string, nullable
  - `decision` 'pass' | 'fail' | 'strong_pass', required

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- InterviewAssessmentResponse: Returned by all interview endpoints.
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `candidate_id` string, uuid, required
  - `interviewer_id` string, uuid, nullable, required
  - `format` string, required
  - `tech_score` string, required
  - `comm_score` string, required
  - `culture_score` string, required
  - `motivation_score` string, required
  - `weighted_total` string, required
  - `notes` string, nullable, required
  - `decision` string, required
  - `recorded_at` string, date-time, required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, nullable, required

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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