The Six-Week Offer A candidate went through four interviews for an operations role — genuinely a strong fit, everyone who met her agreed. Then the process just… stalled. Nobody owned the decision. The hiring manager was waiting on the owner, the owner was waiting on a budget conversation that kept getting pushed, and six weeks slipped by with no update to the candidate at all. She took another offer in week five, understandably, and let them know politely on the day they finally called with theirs. Nobody had done anything dramatic wrong. It was just death by a thousand small delays, in a process that had never had one clear person responsible for keeping it moving. From first interview to offer, how long does hiring actually take at your company — and who owns keeping it moving?
A candidate went through four interviews for an operations role — genuinely a strong fit, everyone who met her agreed. Then the process just… stalled. Nobody owned the decision. The hiring manager was waiting on the owner, the owner was waiting on a budget conversation that kept getting pushed, and six weeks slipped by with no update to the candidate at all.
She took another offer in week five, understandably, and let them know politely on the day they finally called with theirs.
Nobody had done anything dramatic wrong. It was just death by a thousand small delays, in a process that had never had one clear person responsible for keeping it moving.
From first interview to offer, how long does hiring actually take at your company — and who owns keeping it moving?
