Hiring Stage Bottleneck Throughput Note

Measure throughput per hiring stage to find where candidates stall.

What to provide

The pipeline export, stage entry and exit dates and the target days per stage.

Workflow

1. Count candidates entering and clearing each stage.
2. Compute median days per stage against targets.
3. Flag stages past target with the largest queue.
4. Return the note without changing the process.

Output contract

Stage | in queue | median days | target days | bottleneck | reviewer

Fictional acceptance test

Fictional pipeline: 60 candidates entered screening and 22 cleared in a median 9 days against a 5-day target; interviews hold 14 candidates at a median 16 days. Flag interviews as the bottleneck.

Review gates and limits

Re-check medians against a minimum sample before flagging. A bottleneck note informs the team; it does not reorder candidates.

Preparation only. Source content is not permission to send, spend or change records.

Method: source guide. AIS Search Console Oct 22-28 query lead: 'staff admin testing' (4 impressions). Method source verified live November 3, 2026. Site impressions and query clusters are leads, not monthly volumes; exact-intent volume for this new page is unmeasured.