Add up each stage of the hiring process to find time to hire and the slowest stage.
Each stage adds directly to elapsed time, and the slowest stage is where compression pays most. Candidate drop-out risk rises with duration because strong candidates are usually in several processes at once. The best candidates leave the market fastest, so a process two weeks slower than a competitor loses them regardless of how attractive the role is.
Time To Hire
Time to hire = sum of every stage duration from screening to acceptance
Time to hire = sum of every stage duration from screening to acceptance Each stage adds directly to elapsed time, and the slowest stage is where compression pays most. Candidate drop-out risk rises with duration because strong candidates are usually in several processes at once.
The best candidates leave the market fastest, so a process two weeks slower than a competitor loses them regardless of how attractive the role is.
This calculator takes 5 inputs: Application review and screening, Interview process, Assessment and references, Offer approval and acceptance, Open roles being filled. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.