Which onboarding track should I assign to this new hire?

Which onboarding track should I assign to this new hire?

Decision tree

Overview

Type
Decision tree
Entry
Q1
Questions
4
Outcomes
12
Author
Andrew
Last updated
2026-05-12

Full decision path

Start: Q1

Q1 — What best describes your primary role?

Q2 — Which area of engineering?

Q3 — What is your primary focus?

Q4 — Which team?

Outcomes

Frontend Engineer (OUT_FE)
Reached from Q2 (A).
Backend Engineer (OUT_BE)
Reached from Q2 (B).
DevOps / Infrastructure (OUT_DEVOPS)
Reached from Q2 (C).
Data / ML Engineer (OUT_DATA)
Reached from Q2 (D).
Designer (OUT_DESIGN)
Reached from Q3 (A).
Product Manager (OUT_PM)
Reached from Q3 (B).
UX Researcher (OUT_UXR)
Reached from Q3 (C).
Sales (OUT_SALES)
Reached from Q4 (A).
Marketing (OUT_MKTG)
Reached from Q4 (B).
Customer Success (OUT_CS)
Reached from Q4 (C).
Finance / Operations (OUT_OPS)
Reached from Q1 (D).
Leadership (OUT_EXEC)
Reached from Q1 (E).

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dag: Which onboarding track should I assign to this new hire?
version: 1.0.0
entry: Q1

Q1: What best describes your primary role?
  A: Engineering / Development -> Q2
  B: Design / Product          -> Q3
  C: Sales / Marketing         -> Q4
  D: Finance / Operations      -> [OUT_OPS]
  E: Executive / Leadership    -> [OUT_EXEC]

Q2: Which area of engineering?
  A: Frontend / Web  -> [OUT_FE]
  B: Backend / API   -> [OUT_BE]
  C: DevOps / Infra  -> [OUT_DEVOPS]
  D: Data / ML       -> [OUT_DATA]

Q3: What is your primary focus?
  A: UI / Visual design -> [OUT_DESIGN]
  B: Product management -> [OUT_PM]
  C: UX research        -> [OUT_UXR]

Q4: Which team?
  A: Sales          -> [OUT_SALES]
  B: Marketing      -> [OUT_MKTG]
  C: Customer success -> [OUT_CS]

[OUT_FE]:     Frontend Engineer
  description: Access to design system, component library, and web repos.
  code: ROLE_FRONTEND

[OUT_BE]:     Backend Engineer
  description: Access to API repos, database tools, and internal services.
  code: ROLE_BACKEND

[OUT_DEVOPS]: DevOps / Infrastructure
  description: Access to CI/CD pipelines, cloud console, and monitoring.
  code: ROLE_DEVOPS

[OUT_DATA]:   Data / ML Engineer
  description: Access to data warehouse, notebooks, and ML platform.
  code: ROLE_DATA

[OUT_DESIGN]: Designer
  description: Access to Figma, design tokens, and the component library.
  code: ROLE_DESIGN

[OUT_PM]:     Product Manager
  description: Access to roadmap tools, analytics, and feature flag dashboards.
  code: ROLE_PM

[OUT_UXR]:    UX Researcher
  description: Access to research repositories, user interview tools, and analytics.
  code: ROLE_UXR

[OUT_SALES]:  Sales
  description: Access to CRM, deal room, and sales enablement materials.
  code: ROLE_SALES

[OUT_MKTG]:   Marketing
  description: Access to CMS, analytics, and campaign management tools.
  code: ROLE_MARKETING

[OUT_CS]:     Customer Success
  description: Access to support tooling, customer data, and onboarding playbooks.
  code: ROLE_CS

[OUT_OPS]:    Finance / Operations
  description: Access to financial systems, HR tools, and operational dashboards.
  code: ROLE_OPS

[OUT_EXEC]:   Leadership
  description: Access to executive dashboards, board materials, and all-team reports.
  code: ROLE_EXEC

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