The assessment

You should both go through the model together and compare your individual assessments if you have them. If you both agree on a level scoring that’s great, it’ll save you time, and you can skip onto the responsibilities where you differ.

Where you do have differences in scores you should look to discuss where this difference comes from, and try to settle on an agreed outcome using evidence and the 5 C’s system.

Differences will arise for many reasons, and they do not necessarily reflect a negative view of a Developer’s skills. If you score lowly on a responsibility it may be because you’re not being given a fair opportunity to prove yourself at higher levels, or your assessor may not be fully aware of all the work you have been doing.

You should not look to do any assessments for responsibilities much beyond your average / broad level. If you’re mostly level 3 then you might be expected to have a few level 4 but seldom should there be any level 5s, and you wouldn’t look to assess anybody above their next broad level.