Candidate experience
A great candidate experience at every step
Deliver a better candidate experience every time with built-in features that offer an easier and more transparent hiring process for candidates – and greater efficiency for hiring teams.
Find and engage top talent faster with the MyGreenhouse candidate portal
Filter the flood of applications – Sort through top-of-funnel candidates faster with new ways to identify the best people for open roles
Automate hiring tasks – Keep candidates in the loop and cut back on manual follow-ups with automated, real-time status updates
Deliver a standout candidate experience – Provide job alerts, easy applications and a more transparent experience that gives your employer brand a boost
Prioritize high-value candidate touchpoints
Easy applications – Integrate your Greenhouse job board into your careers page to simplify candidates’ first step of the hiring process
Automated campaigns – Send branded, custom, automated email and text notifications and reminders from your company’s domain
Seamless integrations – Coordinate take-home tests, background checks, e-signatures and more, all in one place
Create an engaging interview process
Self-scheduling – Give candidates the flexibility to self-schedule interviews at a time most convenient for them
Structured interview plans – Help interviewers feel more prepared and give candidates more consistent, challenging and interesting questions
Video conference tools – Make virtual interviews a breeze with seamless integration to tools like Spark Hire, Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams
Cultivate inclusion and belonging in your candidate experience
Mitigate bias – Built-in features include automated reminders for hiring teams to consider inclusive practices and anonymized take-home tests
Speak their language – Greenhouse job boards are currently available in 19 languages, and the Greenhouse interview experience is available in six languages
Inclusivity from the start – Candidates can pre-record the correct pronunciation of their name and select personal pronouns for their candidate profile
Use data to get better over time
Feedback
Built-in candidate surveys give you the insights you need to improve your candidate journeys.
Reporting
Pipeline history reports that provide a unique way to highlight bottlenecks, report on milestones and show consistent metrics across your company.
Flexibility
Create a flexible pipeline for each job so you can determine which hiring steps are most relevant and worthwhile.
More hiring solutions
Interviewing & decision-making
Orchestrate a structured and purposeful interview experience so your team can make more informed decisions and hire the best talent.
Onboarding
Engage new hires as soon as an offer is accepted, quickly setting them up to become productive, active members of your company.
Frequently asked questions
What is candidate experience software?
Candidate experience software helps you manage every interaction a job seeker has with your company, from their first application to their final interview. Instead of candidates feeling like their resume went into a black hole, Greenhouse automates communication, simplifies scheduling, and keeps the process transparent. This means your team can deliver a standout experience without adding hours of manual work to your plate.
How does candidate experience software improve the hiring process?
A poor candidate experience leads to high drop-off rates and lost talent. Candidate experience software fixes this by removing friction from the process, keeping candidates informed without requiring more work from your team. Greenhouse automates real-time status updates and offers self-scheduling for interviews. These workflows keep candidates engaged and help you reduce time-to-fill.
What features should I look for in candidate experience software?
The right software makes the process easier for both the candidate and the recruiter. Look for easy applications, automated email and text campaigns, self-scheduling tools, and built-in candidate surveys. Greenhouse includes all of these, plus deep integrations for take-home tests and background checks, so you can manage the entire journey in one place.
How does self-scheduling work for candidate interviews?
Scheduling interviews manually often leads to endless back-and-forth emails. Greenhouse solves this by giving candidates the flexibility to self-schedule their interviews at a time that works best for them. This simple feature drastically reduces administrative bottlenecks and keeps the hiring process moving forward.
Can candidate experience software help reduce bias in hiring?
Yes. A fair process is a better experience for everyone. Greenhouse includes built-in features to mitigate bias, like anonymized take-home tests and automated reminders for hiring teams to use inclusive practices. We also allow candidates to pre-record their name pronunciation and select personal pronouns, ensuring they feel respected from day one.
How do you measure the ROI of candidate experience software?
You measure it through higher offer acceptance rates, faster time-to-hire, and lower candidate drop-off. Greenhouse also includes built-in candidate surveys so you can collect direct feedback and pipeline history reports to identify where candidates are getting stuck. This data helps you continuously improve your process and prove the value of your hiring investments.
Ready to deliver a more positive candidate experience?
