Hi Everyone,

I hope you’re all doing well and had a wonderful Thanksgiving! November was another exciting month for us as we welcomed a new team member and made great strides in our mission.

We had our busiest onboarding month on record, onboarding several customers and helping some transition from other tools. Everything we do is white glove, so a lot of care and passion go into our onboarding process. Our team consistently refines the process based on customer feedback. We always want to be moving, improving, and staying agile—that’s the beauty of being a start-up.

Our platform remains the designated Interview Scheduling and Candidate Engagement ecosystem leader and this has been shining through the TA community.

Let’s jump into all the excitement happening over here!

Welcome to the Team, Ahlya Branch! 🎉

We’re beyond excited to introduce Ahlya Branch as the newest member of the candidate.fyi team! Joining as our Founding Customer Success/Support hire, Ahlya is ready to make an impact for our customers and bring her unique perspective to the role.

Why She’s Excited to Join candidate.fyi

Ahlya shared her enthusiasm in a recent announcement:

🌟 “This role feels like a perfect match! I’m beyond excited to get started and make an impact, both for candidate.fyi and the customers we’ll be supporting. This represents a new step in my career, and I’m diving in with open arms and a lot of enthusiasm for what’s ahead.” 🚀

Her background as a former recruiting coordinator gives her a deep understanding of the workflows and challenges our customers face, making her the perfect fit to ensure an exceptional experience for everyone using candidate.fyi.

Customers sending us swag? Yes, please

We’re thrilled to welcome Huntress to the candidate.fyi family! From the moment we met Courtney Clickner, Allison O’Brien, and the Huntress team, their energy and passion for the candidate experience and recruiting excellence were contagious.

Here’s what Allison had to say about the partnership:

We’re inspired by the Huntress team’s commitment to creating exceptional experiences for both candidates and vendors, and we couldn’t be more excited to collaborate with them.

Special shoutout to all the customers who send swag to your vendors—you’re the real MVPs!

Dynamic Interviewer Pool Selection

Finding the perfect interviewer just got smarter at candidate.fyi 

What It Does:
With Dynamic Pool Selection, you can now tailor interviewer selection across multiple pools with unmatched precision. Whether you need an interviewer who meets ANY criteria or fulfills ALL criteria, the choice is yours.

How It Works:

• Select your interviewer pools.

• Set your matching logic—choose between ANY (match at least one criteria) or ALL (match every criteria).

• Let candidate.fyi do the rest!

Examples in Action:

• Python AND Data Science: Find an interviewer proficient in both.

• Python AND New York: Locate a Python interviewer in the New York office.

• Engineering Leadership OR Product Management: Find someone from either pool.

The Result:
candidate.fyi will handle the heavy lifting—checking availability, capacity, working hours, and more—to ensure you schedule the perfect interviewer for every session.

Smarter scheduling, made simple!

Making the business case for a Scheduling Tool

A couple of weeks ago, we teamed up with RecOps Collective and Nitin Moorjani, Head of Recruiting Ops at Automattic (one of our incredible customers), for an insightful webinar on the evolving necessity of interview scheduling tools. If you missed it, don’t worry—we’ve got you covered with the recording below!

What We Covered:

1. 📈 Data-Driven Benefits:

   • Explored how scheduling tools enhance candidate satisfaction, streamline rescheduling, and improve overall interview outcomes.

2. 🕒 Timing Is Everything:

   • Discussed the critical signs that indicate your team is ready to adopt a scheduling tool.

3. 🔎 Finding the Right Tool:

   • Shared must-have features to look for in a scheduling solution to fit your team’s unique needs.

4. 💼 Building a Business Case:

   • Offered actionable strategies for demonstrating the ROI of scheduling tools to leadership and gaining buy-in.

Key Takeaways:
Scheduling tools are no longer a "nice-to-have" but an essential part of modern hiring workflows. With the right tool, teams can save time, improve efficiency, and elevate the candidate experience—turning great hiring into a competitive advantage.

📺 Watch the Full Webinar Recording:

Thank you to everyone who attended! We’re excited to continue empowering recruiting teams with tools and insights to stay ahead in today’s competitive talent market.

Until next time,

Chris Connors
Co-Founder, 
candidate.fyi 

Want to learn more about what we’re building at candidate.fyi? We’d love to show you!