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Application to Interview Ratio
Ratio of applications to interviews scheduled
How it’s computed
COUNT(interviews) / COUNT(applications)
What the evidence shows
Evidence (effect sizes, priors, validity) is syncing from Principia.
What this metric can show you
Application to Interview Ratio can tell roughly 26 pre-built stories — each a designed scene the data either confirms or it doesn’t. Bring your numbers and the Story Finder runs every one of these shapes against them.
specific to talent acquisition
New hires are ramping slower than they used to
onboarding · T1
No villain stage — the funnel is the funnel
ta-funnel · T1
On this pace, you miss the plan
ta-funnel · T1
The hiring engine is stalling
ta-funnel · T1
The leak has an address
ta-funnel · T1
There's one job family we can't close
offer-competitiveness · T1
You're losing them at the close
ta-funnel · T1
Your biggest source isn't your best
quality-of-hire · T1
universal shapes — any single metric can take these
A few large values are doing the talking
any focus · T1
A one-time event, not a trend
any focus · T1
It doesn't track — the premise is false
any focus · T1
It's concentrated — one group stands apart
any focus · T1
Scenes are pre-built; your data is the toggle. Browse the full deck or watch one play end-to-end in The Quiet Exodus.
Run it on your data
This metric is computed in the People Analytics Toolbox on your own numbers. See pricing — posted, no quotes.
sources: toolbox:metrics-catalog
What the literature says
The measurement literature behind this signal — sourced, so you can defend it.
“A candidate may have applied to multiple job openings, and so a candidate may have multiple application incidents, each of which would have a unique identifier, known as the applicant ID. InterviewsAn interview takes place when the people who will participate in the hiring…”
— People Analytics For Dummiesmatch 57%
“In addition to measuring the shape and overall yield of the funnel, you can use the funnel metrics to measure how many recruiters, how many applicants, and how much action are required in order to produce a hire in a given time frame. (See Figure 9-7 .) [image "Illustration…”
— People Analytics For Dummiesmatch 50%
“However, we have found that it usually takes two to three weeks to collect a significant number of applications. It is not unusual to receive applications as late as two months or even longer, after you initially post the position. However, by three to four weeks you should have…”
— Lean Recruitment Finding Better Talent Fastermatch 49%
Resources: People Analytics For Dummies · Lean Recruitment Finding Better Talent Faster