# Topgrading AI

> AI interview scoring platform built on the 50-year Topgrading® methodology developed by Dr. Bradford Smart. It scores interview transcripts against fixed Job Scorecards with verbatim evidence — Topgrading users report 85–90% high-performer ("A Player") hire rates versus the ~25% industry baseline.

Topgrading AI brings the proven Topgrading® hiring methodology into the AI age. Recruiters and hiring managers use the platform to create Job Scorecards, run structured Career History Form interviews, generate tailored interview questions, score transcripts with cited evidence, and make confident, auditable hiring decisions. Pricing: Basic $99/mo, Team $499/mo, Scale $999/mo, plus custom Enterprise plans.

## Core pages

- [Home](/): Product overview, features, how AI interview scoring works, pricing, and contact.
- [The Topgrading Methodology](/topgrading-methodology/): Complete guide — Job Scorecards, chronological interviews, A/B/C Players, TORC reference checks, and how the AI automates each step.
- [Hiring Simplified](/hiring-simplified/): What simplified hiring means — one Job Scorecard, one structured process, one evidence-backed verdict — and what most talent assessments get wrong.
- [Help Center](/help/): Getting started, how credits and plans work (0.5-4 credits per action, 90-day expiry), how transcript scoring works, ATS/recording status, support contacts.
- [Site Map](/sitemap/): Every public page, grouped.
- [Security Overview](/security): How customer and candidate data is protected.

## Guides

- [Guides hub](/guides/): All hiring guides.
- [50+ Leadership Interview Questions](/guides/leadership-interview-questions/): Organized by competency (vision, accountability, coaching, conflict, change, self-awareness) with what a great answer sounds like for each.
- [Panel Interviews: The Complete Guide](/guides/panel-interview/): What a panel interview is, the 7-step process, 20 questions by panelist role, and how to score consistently across panelists.
- [The True Cost of a Bad Hire](/guides/cost-of-a-bad-hire/): Research-sourced cost figures (DoL ~30% of first-year earnings; SHRM 50-200% of salary; Topgrading 5-15x salary for management mis-hires), cost-by-salary-band table, calculator, and the 7 warning signs.
- [Detect Candidate Fraud in Remote Hiring](/guides/detect-candidate-fraud-remote-hiring/): 12 best practices against fake resumes, proxy interviewers, AI-scripted answers, and deepfake video.

## Compare

- [Compare hub](/compare/): All honest comparisons.
- [Topgrading AI vs. Interview-Intelligence Tools](/compare/topgrading-vs-interview-intelligence/): Recorders capture and coach; Topgrading AI scores and verifies. The least either/or comparison — they compose.
- [Topgrading AI vs. Your ATS's AI](/compare/topgrading-vs-ats-ai/): ATS-native AI reduces admin (notes, summaries); it doesn't verify. What a scoring layer adds on top of the system of record — including honest roadmap status on integrations.
- [Topgrading AI vs. ChatGPT](/compare/topgrading-vs-chatgpt/): Honest comparison — where a general chatbot is enough, and where scorecard consistency, cross-artifact verification, and audit trails change the answer.

## Legal

- [Terms of Service](/legal/tos)
- [Privacy Policy](/legal/privacy)
- [Billing Terms](/legal/billing)