How to check a company's hiring process before you apply
Look the company up here and see what candidates who went through its hiring process picked: how many rounds, how long they waited, whether anyone replied or gave feedback. Then ask the recruiter about whatever is still unclear.
Why check the hiring process, not only the company?
A company's own pages tell you what it wants you to know about working there. They rarely tell you what applying costs: how many rounds, how long each answer takes, whether you hear back at all. In a Greenhouse survey of 2,500 workers in the US, the UK and Germany, published in December 2024, 61% of job seekers said they had been ghosted after an interview.
How do you read what candidates shared here?
Every number is a count: x of n candidates who shared picked it, with the months their processes happened. No percentages, no scores, no verdict. No stories yet means nobody has shared yet, not that the process is smooth or rough.
What if nobody has shared that company yet?
Ask the recruiter directly: how many steps there are, when you will hear back after each one, and whether there is a task. Write the answers down and compare them with what actually happens.
Where do people look before they apply?
| Where | Shows | Does not show |
|---|---|---|
| Review sites such as Glassdoor | What people who work or worked there, or who applied, chose to write: ratings, comments, and sometimes pay details and interview reviews. | What people who did not write one think, or how hiring works today if a review is old. |
| LinkedIn profiles of people who work there | Who works there, in what roles, and for how long. | How their hiring went, or what they would say about it. |
| People you know | A first-hand answer, and you can ask follow-up questions. | How hiring works today, if they joined years ago. |
| What candidates shared here | The hiring process only: rounds, waiting, replies and feedback, as counts of what candidates picked, with the months their processes happened. | What it is like to work there, and what candidates who did not share would say. |
What does ✅ Verified application mean?
The person showed us an email the company sent about their application, and we checked it is real. It proves they were in that process. What they wrote is their own experience.
Six things to find out before you apply
- How many rounds there are: calls, interviews, tests.
- How long it takes to get a final answer.
- Whether candidates get a reply at all, or get ghosted.
- Whether there is an unpaid task, and how big it is.
- Whether a no comes with feedback.
- Whether the pay is said upfront.
Check the company here before you apply. When your process ends, however it ends, share what happened: it takes about a minute, and the next candidate sees it before they apply.
Last updated October 1, 2026
Where this figure comes from: Greenhouse, 2024 State of Job Hunting report