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Candidate-experience data

Know before you apply.

Real candidate experiences that show how companies actually hire — how long the process takes, how many interviews to expect, whether salary is disclosed, how well they communicate, and whether candidates actually hear back.

Takes about 3–4 minutes · Always anonymous
Anonymous. Structured. No recruiter-bashing. Just real data about the hiring process.

You research everything else.
Why not the hiring process?

People read reviews before buying a $5 phone charger, booking a hotel, or choosing a restaurant. But candidates routinely enter hiring processes that may last weeks or months with almost no visibility into what to expect.

Tipstyrs changes that.

We collect structured candidate experiences and turn them into useful data so job seekers can make more informed decisions about where they invest their time.

Dashboard

See what the hiring process is really like.

Hiring Time

39 days

How long candidates report the process taking, from application to final decision.

Illustrative

Interview Rounds

4.6

How many interviews candidates typically complete before a decision is made.

Illustrative

Salary Transparency

38%

How often compensation is disclosed early — before the first interview.

Illustrative

Communication

61%

How consistently companies provide updates and clear next steps.

Illustrative

Ghosting Rate

19%

How often interviewed candidates report never receiving a final response.

Illustrative

Would Apply Again

54%

The share of candidates who say they'd go through the process again.

Illustrative
Sample profile

What a Tipstyrs company profile looks like

A structured view of what candidates report about a company's hiring process — built from individual reports, not opinions about the company itself.

Example Profile — Illustrative Data

Acme Corporation

Technology · 1,000–5,000 employees · Based on 41 candidate reports
67/ 100 CXS
Candidate Experience Score
Based on 41 candidate reports
Overall experience3.4 / 5
Median hiring process39 days
Average interview rounds4.6
Salary disclosed early38%
Received timely updates61%
Received final disposition72%
Reported ghosting19%
Assessment required36%
Avg. assessment time3.2 hrs
Would apply again54%
Director-level candidate · Marketing · Applied June 2026 · 5 interviews · 47 days · Salary not disclosed · Final rejection received
The interviews were professional, but there were long gaps between rounds.
Contribute data

Help the next candidate know what to expect.

Share your candidate experience anonymously. It takes about 3 minutes, and your response helps build a more transparent hiring market.

3–4 minutesAlways anonymous
Methodology

The Candidate Experience Score (CXS)

Every published score is built from six weighted dimensions of the hiring process itself.

Communication
25%
Process Transparency
20%
Candidate Effort
15%
Process Efficiency
15%
Closure / Follow-Through
15%
Overall Sentiment
10%
Receiving a rejection does not hurt a company's score. A company earns full closure credit for giving a candidate a clear final disposition — whether that result is an offer or a rejection. Tipstyrs scores the hiring process, not whether the candidate received an offer. Scores are not published until at least 5 candidate reports exist for a company.
Illustrative
74/ 100
Candidate Experience Score

Based on 27 candidate reports

Process

Better hiring transparency starts with better data.

01

Candidates Share

Candidates anonymously report what their hiring experience was actually like — structured, not a rant.

02

Tipstyrs Organizes

We convert individual experiences into structured, comparable hiring-process data.

03

Candidates Decide

Job seekers can see what they may be getting into before investing their time.

For employers

Candidate experience is part of your employer brand.

Every candidate forms an opinion about your company long before their first day. Tipstyrs is building independent candidate-experience benchmarks to help employers understand how their hiring process compares with the market.

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