SAMPLE Weekly Command Review (filled) — fictional sample
Fictional season — not a real person or result. Not a testimonial.
Persona: Jordan Lee · Backend / Full-stack SWE · pairs with SEASON-NARRATIVE.md, SAMPLE-conversion-metrics-filled.md, SAMPLE-job-kanban.csv
Blank twin: ../07-playbook/weekly-command-review.md (densified · ownership / Sunday pack / EXAMPLE / anti-patterns / stop)
Open when (blank twin): Fixed weekly slot after counts are pullable—before new JDs.
Not a guarantee that Sunday decisions produce Screens/Loops/Offers. SAMPLE ≠ your rates. Replace every ID and date with yours.
Stage vocab: Sourced → Applied → Screen → Loop → Offer → Closed.
This file holds two Sundays: Week 2 (failed channel cut → CF-04) and Week 4 (corrective mix). Compare them. Kill phrases / blank owner dates = incomplete (see W2). W5 Loop-week page: SAMPLE-weekly-review-filled.md.
Ownership (Jordan · SAMPLE)
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| Jordan owned | Not this review |
|---|---|
| Pull counts / rates from Kanban + conversion-metrics (Gate-passed Applied only) | Blog “industry averages” as the bar |
| ≥1 scale and ≥1 change or stop with a number | Blank Decision rows + “vibes were down” |
| Every Owner action + date filled (no blanks) | “Scale later” / “focus referrals” without hours |
| Stopped / changed hours visible on calendar same day | Writing stop then keeping Easy-Apply block (CF-04) |
| Thin sample → prefer change over premature stop | Stopping board on n=6 Applied (W2 fail) |
| Same-day debrief discount when late | Padding signal/hour with auto-rejects |
| One-sentence close that matches the Decision table | Chatbot “weekly reflection” / wins-only essay |
Write-stop fired (W4): Draft “crush applications next week and somehow get referrals” → deleted; rewritten to Gate + referral cap + HM pause with dates.
Sunday / Day-0 pack (Jordan · before Decision table)
Assemble before writing scale/change/stop. No Decision table until this pack exists.
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| Item | W2 | W4 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week dates + week # | ✅ 10-19 · W2 | ✅ 11-02 · W4 | Asia/Shanghai |
| conversion-metrics Sunday pack | ⚠ memory | ✅ Gate-passed | W2: 2 ungated in denom |
| Applied denom = Gate-passed | ❌ | ✅ | 2 fails stayed Sourced W4 |
| Funnel + rates This / Prior | ✅ thin | ✅ | 12.5% → ~33% |
| Channel scoreboard + draft | ✅ premature stop | ✅ change/scale/stop | board cap ≤2 |
| Quality Gate audit | ❌ shallow | ✅ | RV matched family |
| Targeting A+B ≤12 | ❌ 14 | ✅ 10 | demoted 2 ego B’s |
| Outreach / stale / cold #s | ✅ | ✅ | W4: 2 stale cleared |
| Interviews + Evidence gap ID | ❌ unnamed | ✅ ACH-003 | before next Loop |
| Decision 4 lanes + Owner + date | ❌ blanks | ✅ dated | calendar same day |
| Stopped hours on calendar | ❌ CF-04 | ✅ Easy-Apply cut | blocks 2026-11-03 |
| One-sentence matches Decision | ❌ kill phrases | ✅ | Gate / referral / HM pause |
Done when: Pack complete + ≥1 scale + ≥1 change/stop with number + Owner dates + calendar visible.
Live stop (W4): Blank Owner dates → incomplete; freeze new Sourced until filled. W2 failed that stop.
Week 2 — Failed channel cut
Date (Asia/Shanghai): 2026-10-19 · Week #: 2 · Persona: Jordan Lee (SAMPLE)
Funnel snapshot
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| Stage | # this week | # open | # Stale | # Cold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sourced | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Applied | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| Screen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Loop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Offer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Closed | 1 | — | — | — |
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| Metric | This week | Prior week |
|---|---|---|
| Screen / Applied | 1/8 = 12.5% | 0/2 = 0% |
| Loop / Screen | — | — |
| Signal / hours | 2 / 14 ≈ 0.14 | 1 / 10 |
Channel scoreboard
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| Channel | Applied (n) | Screens | Screen rate | Decision written |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| job_board | 6 | 1 | 17% | stop ← premature |
| company_site | 1 | 0 | 0% | hold |
| referral | 1 | 0 | 0% | “scale later” |
| outbound_hm | 0 new apps / 6 touches | 0 | — | keep “testing” |
| community | 0 | 0 | — | ignore |
Quality / Targeting / Outreach (W2 fail)
- Gate: 2 ungated Applied (later demoted); 0 Gate fails caught before send; RV-Backend-v1 overused on full-stack posts.
- Targeting: no demote; added 2 board brands; A+B = 14 (over cap 12).
- Outreach: 11 touches · 0 meetings · 0 stale cleared · 1 cold-closed (APP-004 OldCo) · next focus “more board” (bad).
- Interviews: 1 Screen · debrief same day? N · Evidence gap unnamed.
Decisions — written vs real
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| Lane | Decision written | Why (1 line) | What actually happened next week |
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| Channel | stop job_board | “Screen rate disappointing” | 5 more board Applied; cut not executed |
| Targeting | (blank) | — | A+B stayed at 14 |
| Evidence | (blank) | — | No STAR rewrite |
| Time budget | “focus referrals” | Vague | Referral hours unchanged |
Failure mode: stop with n too small, no hour reallocation, behavior unchanged → CF-04.
One sentence (flawed)
Stop job_board and somehow get referrals while still “quickly applying” on the side.
— End SAMPLE Week 2 —
Week 4 — Corrective mix (primary worked example)
Date (Asia/Shanghai): 2026-11-02 · Week #: 4 · Persona: Jordan Lee (SAMPLE)
Funnel snapshot
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| Stage | # this week | # open | # Stale | # Cold |
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| Sourced | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Applied | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Screen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Loop | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Offer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Closed | 1 | — | — | — |
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| Metric | This week | Prior week |
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| Screen / Applied | 1/3 ≈ 33% | 1/8 = 12.5% |
| Loop / Screen | 0/1 (open Loop prior path) | — |
| Signal / hours | 2 / 12 ≈ 0.17 | 1 / 14 |
Channel decisions
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| Channel | Decision | Why |
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| job_board | change | Volume up historically, Screen rate down vs referral; cap board Applied |
| referral | scale | Best signal/hour (Acme path / C001) |
| outbound_hm | stop | 0 replies in 12 touches; revisit after Evidence rewrite |
| community | scale lightly | BrightMetrics path working |
Quality / Targeting / Outreach (W4 corrective)
- Gate: No ungated Applied; 2 Gate fails caught (stayed Sourced — incl. Northline); RV-Backend-v1 · RV-Fullstack-v1 matched.
- Targeting: Harbor Health stays C; drop 2 ego B’s → C; A+B = 10.
- Outreach: 7 touches · 1 meeting (PixelForge Screen on books) · 2 stale cleared · next = referral asks for A + community notes.
- Interviews: 1 Screen (debrief Y) · 1 Loop open (BrightMetrics) · gap = ACH-003 before next Loop.
Decisions (required)
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| Lane | Decision | Why (1 line) | Owner action + date |
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| Channel | change board / scale referral / stop HM | Signal/hour + sample history | Cap board ≤2 Applied; 5 referral touches by 2026-11-06 |
| Targeting | hold ≤12 | WIP was 14 in W2 | Keep A+B = 10 |
| Evidence | rewrite ACH-003 | Screen wobble | Done before next Loop invite |
| Time budget | 40% warm / 30% Evidence / 30% interviews | Prep > spray | Calendar blocks set 2026-11-03 |
Scale = more hours where rate holds (referral). Change = board supporting, not default. Stop = outbound_hm paused; visible in touch log.
Hours moved (W4 follow-through)
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| From (killed / cut) | To (same day) | Visible? |
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| Easy-Apply board spray (Mon/Wed 90m) | Warm referral asks + alumni notes | ✅ calendar 2026-11-03 |
| Cold HM “testing” slots | Evidence ACH-003 rewrite + STAR drill | ✅ |
| Ego B brand browse | Hold — no new promote | ✅ A+B=10 |
Decision ≠ calendar → review fails (CF-04). W4 held; W2 did not.
One sentence next week
Gate every apply, double referral asks for A targets, pause cold HM until two new STAR cards exist.
— End SAMPLE Week 4 —
EXAMPLE — Forced Decisions (Keep vs Rewrite · this review)
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| Draft plan / impulse | Verdict | Why |
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| Stop job_board at n=6 Applied (W2) | Rewrite → change | Thin sample; prefer cap ≤2 + Gate, not premature stop |
| “Scale later” on referral with 0 hours moved | Rewrite | Name 5 touches + date or it is folklore |
| Blank Targeting / Evidence Owner dates | Drop incomplete | Freeze new Sourced until dated |
| Keep Easy-Apply block after writing stop | Rewrite calendar | CF-04 — decision ≠ hours |
| “Crush applications next week” one-sentence | Rewrite → delete | Kill phrase; Gate + referral + HM pause |
| Scale every channel same Sunday | Drop | Pick winners; name hours that move |
| Count ungated Applied in Screen rate | Rewrite denom | Gate-passed only (W2 fail) |
| Promote 2 more board brands at A+B=14 | Drop → demote | Cap 12 first |
| Pad signal/hour with auto-rejects | Drop | Recount; discount late debriefs |
| Wins-only chatbot week essay as close | Rewrite | Force ≥1 change/stop with number |
Anti-pattern check (caught / fixed)
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| Anti-pattern | W2 | W4 | Fix applied |
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| Blank Owner action + date | Y | N | All 4 lanes dated W4 |
| Stop written, Easy-Apply unchanged | Y | N | Calendar cut same day |
| Premature stop on thin n | Y | N | board = change + cap |
| Kill phrases in Decision / sentence | Y | N | Write-stop deleted crush/somehow draft |
| Ungated Applied in Screen rate | Y | N | 2 Gate fails stayed Sourced |
| Wins-only / chatbot reflection | Y | N | Numbers → decisions |
| A+B >12 with promote more | Y | N | Demoted to 10 |
| Late debriefs as full signal | Y | N | Same-day Y; ACH-003 named |
| Scale every channel | partial | N | referral scale; board change; HM stop |
| Empty Decision after full counts | Y | N | §7 complete before new JDs |
Stop-rules held
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| Rule | W2 | W4 | Evidence |
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| Sunday pack complete before Decision | ❌ | ✅ | Pack table above |
| No blank Owner action + date | ❌ | ✅ | All 4 lanes |
| Stop → calendar same day | ❌ CF-04 | ✅ | Easy-Apply cut 11-03 |
| Thin n → prefer change over stop | ❌ | ✅ | board change not stop |
| Signal/hour honest (no auto-reject pad) | ⚠ | ✅ | Gate-passed denom |
| A+B ≤12 before board scale | ❌ 14 | ✅ 10 | Targeting demote |
Failure contrast (do not copy): W2 “stop board” slogan with spray block still on calendar. W4 is the bar.
Pack wiring (what this review fed)
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| Artifact | Link / ID |
|---|---|
| Blank twin | ../07-playbook/weekly-command-review.md · Sunday pack + EXAMPLE |
| Conversion metrics | SAMPLE-conversion-metrics-filled.md · Week 4 rates / Decision ledger |
| Kanban | SAMPLE-job-kanban.csv · APP-001 / APP-003 / APP-005 |
| Calendar | SAMPLE-calendar-blocks-filled.md · hours moved W4 |
| Gate | SAMPLE-application-quality-gate-filled.md · Northline stay Sourced |
| Versioning | SAMPLE-versioning-filled.md · RV-Backend / Fullstack match |
| Evidence | SAMPLE-achievement-bank-filled.md · ACH-003 rewrite owner |
| Follow-Up Log | SAMPLE-follow-up-log.md · W5 chase vs Evidence hours |
| W5 twin | SAMPLE-weekly-review-filled.md · Loop-week single page |
| Season arc | SEASON-NARRATIVE.md · W2 fail → W4 corrective → W5 Loop |
| Troubleshooting | ../08-troubleshooting/COMMON-FAILURES.md · CF-04 / CF-08 / CF-09 |
Weekly hook (Jordan · after W4 close)
- Sunday pack complete before Decision? Yes W4; No W2.
- ≥1 scale + ≥1 change/stop with number? Yes — referral scale / board change / HM stop.
- Hours moved visible same day? Yes — Easy-Apply → warm + Evidence (2026-11-03).
- Thin-sample premature stop avoided? Yes W4; No W2.
- One-sentence matches Decision (no kill phrases)? Yes after write-stop.
Honest limits
- Written scale/change/stop ≠ Screens ≠ Loops ≠ Offers ≠ hire.
- SAMPLE Jordan IDs (APP-/C/ACH-/RV-/PixelForge / Acme / BrightMetrics / W2·W4 dates) are fiction for fill pattern only.
- Do not copy rates or claim W4 mix produced any later Offer row.
- No guarantee of reply, advance, or hire from Sunday discipline.
Related
- Blank twin →
../07-playbook/weekly-command-review.md - W5 Loop-week page →
SAMPLE-weekly-review-filled.md - Conversion metrics →
../03-pipeline-tracker/conversion-metrics.md· SAMPLE Week 4 - Kanban / status →
../03-pipeline-tracker/job-kanban.csv·status-definitions.md - Calendar (stopped hours) →
../10-ops/calendar-blocks.md· SAMPLE (Pass 204 closed · prefer not) - Gate / Evidence →
SAMPLE-application-quality-gate-filled.md·SAMPLE-achievement-bank-filled.md - Follow-Up after ghost-stop →
SAMPLE-follow-up-log.md(Pass 214 closed · prefer not) - Cheatsheet (1-page) →
../07-playbook/command-loop-cheatsheet.md - Season →
SEASON-NARRATIVE.md· START-HERE step 9 →../START-HERE.md
Operator one-liner: Counts without dated Owner actions are folklore; stop without calendar move is CF-04 — W4 is the bar, W2 is the warning.
— End SAMPLE weekly command review — · Replace with your Sundays · No hire / interview / Loop / offer guarantee · Cap language