How many interview rounds?

The rounds after round 3 cost more than they get back

Stopping after round 3 would leave you $3,298 better off.

• After 5 rounds there is a 59% chance the first-choice candidate is still available.
• The process takes 35 days, and the seat is empty for all of them.
• Candidates put 48 hours into the process, 33 of them from people who are not hired. That is the candidate experience.

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How this answer was worked out

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What the calculator asks you

• How many rounds, and how many candidates
• What an interviewer's hour and the empty seat cost
• The chance your first choice takes another offer each week
• What a hire that does not work out costs, and how much of that risk a round catches

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