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# How Final Scores and Ratings are Calculated

When managing high-volume hiring pipelines, you need a quick and reliable way to identify your top applicants. Cammio automatically calculates an **Average Score** for every candidate based on the feedback submitted by your team. 

Understanding the logic behind this calculation will help you trust the data and make confident, objective hiring decisions.

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## Scores are Based on Submitted Reviews

The most important thing to know is that **only submitted reviews are calculated.** 

If you assign three Hiring Managers to a candidate, but only two have clicked **Submit**, the Average Score is calculated using only those two completed reviews. Pending evaluations do not count as "zeroes" and will not drag a candidate's score down.

You can always see how many reviews make up the current score by looking at the number in parentheses on your **Completed Interviews** dashboard (e.g., a score of 4.5 (2) means the average is 4.5 stars, based on 2 submitted reviews).

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## Overall Star Rating

If you set up your interview to use the **One Overall Review** method, the math is a straightforward average. The system simply adds up the total star ratings and divides them by the number of reviewers.

**Example Scenario:**

* Reviewer 1 gives the candidate **4 stars**.
* Reviewer 2 gives the candidate **5 stars**.
* **Calculation:** (4 + 5) = 9. Divided by 2 reviewers.
* **Final Average Score:** **4.5**

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## Question-Based Scoring

If your team uses **Question-Based Scoring** to evaluate every answer separately, the calculation happens in two distinct steps to ensure fairness.

**Step 1: Calculate the Individual Reviewer's Average.** First, the system calculates an average score for each individual reviewer based on how they rated the specific criteria.

* Reviewer 1 gives the candidate a 4 for Question 1 and a 5 for Question 2. (Reviewer 1's Average: **4.5**)
* Reviewer 2 gives the candidate a 3 for Question 1 and a 4 for Question 2. (Reviewer 2's Average: **3.5**)

**Step 2: Calculate the Team's Final Average.** Next, the system takes the individual averages from Step 1 and combines them to create the final score.

* **Calculation:** (Reviewer 1's 4.5 + Reviewer 2's 3.5) = 8. Divided by 2 reviewers.
* **Final Average Score:** **4.0**

| Note on Decimals: Cammio rounds all final Average Scores to the nearest single decimal point to keep your dashboard clean and easy to read.

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## Next Steps

Now that you know exactly how the math works, you can put those scores to good use:

* Need to set up how your team evaluates candidates? Learn about [Choosing a Review Method and Adding Instructions](/en/article/choosing-a-review-method-and-adding-instructions-kaykr0/)
* Ready to submit your own ratings? Check out [How to Evaluate a Candidate (Interview Analysis Page Walkthrough)](/en/article/how-to-evaluate-a-candidate-interview-analysis-page-walkthrough-eozv6h/)
* See how your independent ratings are kept objective in our guide on [Understanding Anti-Bias Reviewing](/en/article/understanding-anti-bias-reviewing-1m9qxuu/)