Time to hire audit
Set the days each stage currently takes. The audit shows your total cycle, names the bottleneck, and estimates what a realistic fix returns. Median time to hire across tech roles sits near 40 days, and most of it is queue time.
Publish panel availability and let candidates book their own slot. The coordination thread is usually the single largest source of delay and it is entirely removable.
Stage deadlines, automatic nudges, self-serve interview booking and short scorecards are all in the free edition.
Questions about the numbers
From the day a candidate enters the pipeline to the day they accept. Time to fill, measured from role approval, is usually longer and worth tracking separately.
Under 25 days keeps you competitive for candidates running several processes. Under 20 usually means the queue time has been engineered out.
The strongest candidates are off the market fastest. Every extra week raises the chance your first choice accepts elsewhere.