Rule 3Interviews without offers
Checking your numbers
Next move
Why it fired:
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Why is this req not filling?
Count what has happened on the role so far. The check draws your funnel to scale, marks the stage where candidates stop, and names the rule that fired so you can see exactly why.
Where candidates stop
Bar heights are your counts, to scaleBreaks here
Every rule the check runs, in the open
The check reads your funnel from the bottom up and names the first rule that fires, because the latest stuck stage is the one blocking a hire today. Other rules that are also true stay listed. The status column updates with your numbers.
| Rule | Fires when | What it usually means | Status |
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What this check will not do: compare you to other companies. There are no averages or industry rates in it, only your numbers and the rules above. The thresholds (3 interviews, 20% passing screening, 5 applicants in 14 days, and so on) are Direcstaff's judgment, the lines we use when we read a req, written down so you can argue with them.
How the check reads your req
A req that will not fill almost never fails everywhere at once. It fails at one stage, and everything above that stage looks busy. The check takes the counts you already have and draws them to scale, so the drop you have been living with becomes visible in one glance.
Then it runs eight plain rules, starting at the bottom of the funnel. Why the bottom? A candidate stuck at the offer is closer to a hire than one stuck at the resume pile, so that is the problem worth fixing first. The first rule that fires becomes your diagnosis. Anything else that is also true gets listed underneath, and the pay range question is always flagged on its own rather than blamed for everything.
What each number means
- Days open counts from the day the role was approved, not the day the ad went live.
- Received is every applicant or agency submittal, good or bad.
- Passed screening is the people you would put in front of the hiring manager.
- Interviewed means they actually met the hiring manager.
- Offers made and offers declined are self explanatory. Accepted is offers minus declines.
The limits
The thresholds are our judgment, not research. Three interviews with no offer is where we start asking questions on a req, and a 20% screening pass rate on ten or more applicants is where we suspect the spec. You may reasonably draw those lines elsewhere. The check also cannot see quality: ten strong applicants and ten weak ones look the same here. If a stage has fewer than three people in it, the check says so instead of guessing.
If the break sits at screening or reach, a recruiter who sources directly can change the numbers going in. Our direct hire searches send a first candidate in 48 to 72 hours on average and carry a 90 day replacement guarantee. If the break is at interview to offer, the fix is usually inside your own process, and the next move on the card is where to start.