# GTM take-home decision log

Use this alongside an assessment only within the employer's instructions. It is a suggested record, not a required industry format. Delete unused prompts; keep the finished log short. A disclosure does not authorize prohibited assistance.

## Assignment and permission

- Assignment / role:
- Employer instruction or recruiter clarification: [source or exact wording]
- Checked on:
- Permitted assistance: [brainstorming / drafting / editing / calculations / code / none / unresolved]
- Tool and version actually used, if applicable:
- Materials permitted in that tool:
- Required disclosure or submission format:

If permission is unresolved, ask before using AI on the assessed work. If AI is prohibited, use this as your own manual decision record and leave the assistance fields unused.

## My starting position

Write before seeking assistance. If you already used AI, record the actual sequence rather than reconstructing a supposed earlier draft.

- Decision I need to make:
- Evidence available:
- Initial recommendation and why:
- Main uncertainty or assumption:
- What would change my view:

## Material decisions

Log both accepted and rejected ideas. A source can be a supplied table, a URL with observation date, or your own reproducible calculation. Label synthetic data and unrun tests.

| ID | Idea or claim; where it came from | Check performed and result | Accepted, changed or rejected; why | Where reflected in final work |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | | | | |
| D2 | | | | |
| D3 | | | | |

## Checks and remaining uncertainty

- Important figures and their denominators:
- Source or calculation for the main factual claim:
- One alternative explanation checked:
- Test or query actually run, with result or output location:
- Proposed work that has **not** been run:
- Missing information and how it could change the decision:

## Final recommendation and handoff

- Recommendation:
- Why this option over the closest alternative:
- First action, owner and required resources:
- Success measure, population and observation window:
- When to pause, revise or abandon the proposal:
- What the next person needs to verify:

## Assistance note, if appropriate

Write a truthful note in the employer's requested format. State the actual tool, its actual contribution, the checks you performed and the decisions you made. Do not describe generated drafting as proofreading or claim checks you did not do.

> [My actual assistance note, or “No AI assistance used” if true and relevant.]

## Prepare for the discussion

- One suggestion I rejected and the evidence:
- One idea I accepted but changed:
- One unresolved question:
- One result that would change my recommendation:

Template: GTM Vibes, version 1, October 22, 2026. This template has not been validated as a predictor of hiring outcomes.