candidate.fyi newsletter

Hi Everyone,

I hope you’re all doing well! August was one of our busiest months yet. We shipped a ton of features and made one of our most exciting announcements:

Claudia joined our founding team! She’s already hit the ground running and is getting fully embedded into our incredible community.

On the customer side, we had the most exciting global health company in the consumer market join our roster of customers. They’re arguably one of the most talked-about brands in the world right now, and I can’t wait to tell you who they are.

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

Please give a big welcome to our newest team member, Claudia Rodriguez

Learn why Claudia was so excited to join us:

“When candidate.fyi got on my radar, I knew right away the company would be successful. Deep into my job search, I was in the midst of the very chaos they were talking about: a messy email inbox, constant back and forth with recruiters, and at most companies, complete confusion as to where I stood in the process.

But above candidate.fyi’s solutions to those problems, what really drew me to join candidate.fyi was how much I could sense the company meant to the founders, Chris and Kyle. Right away, I could tell they were ten toes down, and that enthusiasm was - and still is - contagious.

As I look forward, I'm most excited to help bring on my first customer, and for the moment they're able to share how much candidate.fyi was able to transform their hiring process! The ultimate win.”

Candidate Experience Impact

On Offer Acceptance

Does a candidate's experience have an impact on offer acceptance?

Our hunch was yes, but we decided to dig in and find out. We took all offers that have been put out, then looked at the average pulse scores of candidates from candidate.fyi, who rejected vs. candidates who accepted the offer.

The results?

• Average of candidates who rejected: 4.73

• Average of candidates who accepted: 4.81

Our hunch was correct, but not by a huge difference (~2%). It is important to note that these scores (4.73 + 4.81) are higher than the overall average (4.57).

This tells us that candidates who at least receive an offer are having a more positive experience than the average (and this includes scores before they even receive an offer, too).

Interview Declines Report

• Introducing the candidate.fyi Interview Declines Report:

  • Declined interviews cause disruptions and can lead to rescheduling and poor candidate experiences.

  • The impact includes wasted time, money, and negative impressions.

• Key Insights from the Declines Report:

  • Identify who is declining interviews.

  • Track the number of declined interviews.

  • Monitor decline rates and frequency.

  • See which specific interviews are being declined and how often.

• Benefits:

  • Access a simple, up-to-date report for better decision-making and improved interview processes.

Whitelisted Windows

• Introducing candidate.fyi Whitelisted Windows:

  • Challenge: Scheduling interviews with interviewers who have zero availability.

  • Consequences: Long delays, risking the loss of candidates.

• Traditional Approach:

  • Manually shuffle meetings, reaching out individually to reschedule.

  • Tedious and time-consuming process.

• Solution - Whitelisted Windows:

  • Reserve special calendar event names (whitelisted) to be treated as available for interviews.

  • Interviewers can block these times directly on their calendar.

  • candidate.fyi surfaces these blocks as available slots for scheduling.

• Benefits:

  • No more calendar detective work or manual rescheduling.

  • Streamlined, automatic identification of available interview slots.

  • Easier, faster, and more efficient interview scheduling.

Training Paths

• Introducing candidate.fyi Training Paths:

  • Ensure consistency and quality in interviews.

  • Address the challenge of a limited pool of qualified interviewers.

  • Eliminate interview bottlenecks and scale your team’s interviewing capacity.

• Key Features of Training Paths:

  • Design custom training programs (e.g., shadowing and reverse shadowing).

  • Easily enroll trainees with automatic recommendations based on availability.

  • Auto-graduate trainees to become qualified interviewers.

• Benefits:

  • Expand your pool of qualified interviewers.

  • Conduct more interviews, faster and with greater consistency.

  • Grow your team’s interviewing capacity on autopilot.

Until next time,

Chris Connors
Co-Founder, 
candidate.fyi 

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