> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.trytikt.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# How the score works

> Five criteria, a verdict and a reason for each, a score out of 5.

Every person TIKT processes is scored against your ideal customer profile (ICP): five criteria, a verdict on each, and the reason behind
it.

## Five criteria, one point each

| Criterion | What TIKT checks |
| - | - |
| Role | The person's current title, judged with the seniorities and departments you target |
| Location | Where the person is, against your countries |
| Company type | Privately held, public company, self-employed… as LinkedIn describes their company |
| Company size | The number of employees of their company |
| Industry | Their company's industry, against the ones you target or exclude |

Each criterion gets a verdict: **Met**, **Not met**, or **Not assessable** when the profile or the company page doesn't say. One point
per criterion met gives a score out of 5. A criterion that can't be assessed counts neither for nor against: it's never guessed.

Open a lead on the **Leads** page to read the verdict and the reason for each criterion.

## Required and weighted criteria

On the **ICP** page, each criterion is either:

* **Weighted**: one point in the score when met;
* **Required**: a person who misses it is screened out, whatever their score. They are still charged.

## Screened out before or after scoring

* **Leave out**: some people are screened out before scoring, such as people open to work, students and interns, excluded titles or
  people outside your locations. They are still charged.
* **Also judged**: your exclusions, such as independent consultants, screen people out after scoring, even at 5 out of 5. They are still
  charged.

Employees of companies you exclude, and colleagues of the profiles you follow, are different: they are never charged. See
[Exclude companies and colleagues](https://docs.trytikt.com/help/exclusions.md).

## Your threshold

On the **Leads** page, **ICP match** sets the lowest score you want to see, for example **≥ 4**. It's saved for upcoming leads and is
the same setting as on the **Dashboard** and the **Posts** page. It never changes a score already written.

## When you change your ICP

A new version of your ICP applies to new leads. To apply it to the leads you already have, use **Rescore leads**. See
[Edit your ICP and rescore your leads](https://docs.trytikt.com/help/edit-your-icp.md).


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