{
  "cohort_id": "evidence-first-2026-01",
  "status": "active",
  "started": "2026-07-27",
  "target_mix": {
    "core": 7,
    "adjacent": 2,
    "stretch": 1
  },
  "definitions": {
    "core": "Evidence Fit 75+ and no hard-gate failure",
    "adjacent": "Evidence Fit 60-74, no required Gap, normally at most one serious preferred gap",
    "stretch": "Evidence Fit below 60 or a defining responsibility is only Adjacent"
  },
  "applications": [
    {
      "company": "Google",
      "role": "Software Engineer III, Business Home",
      "application_date": "2026-07-27",
      "fit_class": "core",
      "evidence_fit": 89.0,
      "hard_gate": "pass",
      "channel": "weak",
      "outcome": "rejected_no_interview"
    },
    {
      "company": "Aker BP ASA",
      "role": "Data Product Architect - AI-ready Data Products",
      "application_date": "2026-07-29",
      "fit_class": "adjacent",
      "evidence_fit": 79.0,
      "hard_gate": "pass",
      "channel": "weak",
      "outcome": "rejected_no_interview",
      "submitted": "2026-07-29",
      "rejection_date": "2026-08-27"
    },
    {
      "company": "SBB",
      "role": "Data Engineer (m/w/d), Asset Management Infrastrukturanlagen, Bern",
      "job_id": "103755",
      "application_date": "2026-08-25",
      "fit_class": "core",
      "evidence_fit": 79.0,
      "hard_gate": "pass",
      "channel": "weak",
      "outcome": "interview_invited",
      "submitted": "2026-08-25",
      "open_risk": "Anforderungsniveau K is a capped GAV band, figures not public; seat may read lateral or below current Staff + Component Owner scope.",
      "interview": {
        "stage": "Stage 2 of 4 - Virtuelles Kennenlernen mit HR und Fuehrungskraft",
        "invited": "2026-08-28",
        "scheduled": "2026-09-09 08:30",
        "duration_min": 45,
        "format": "Microsoft Teams"
      },
      "note": "FIRST interview invitation in the evidence-first cohort. Converted from a COLD submit - the published warm contact (Andri Wienandts, +41 79 364 62 53) was never called. The resume never contained Snowflake, dbt or Power BI, the three literals an ATS keyword screen would have keyed on, so a human read the dossier."
    },
    {
      "company": "Citadel Securities",
      "role": "Platform Engineer, Research Platform Engineering (Zurich/NY/Miami)",
      "application_date": "2026-08-26",
      "fit_class": "adjacent",
      "evidence_fit": 71.0,
      "hard_gate": "pass",
      "channel": "weak",
      "outcome": "applied"
    },
    {
      "company": "Schweizer Armee - Kommando Cyber",
      "role": "DevOps Engineer III (Data Platform)",
      "application_date": "2026-08-27",
      "fit_class": "core",
      "evidence_fit": 79.0,
      "hard_gate": "pass",
      "channel": "weak",
      "outcome": "applied"
    },
    {
      "company": "RUAG MRO Holding AG (Business Area C5I)",
      "role": "AI Engineer C5I (w/m/d), Thun",
      "application_date": "2026-08-27",
      "fit_class": "stretch",
      "evidence_fit": 74.0,
      "hard_gate": "fail",
      "channel": "weak",
      "outcome": "applied"
    }
  ]
}