Candidate experience

How it is used

Use when discussing communication, clarity and treatment throughout recruitment.

Example sentences

1. Clear instructions and timely updates improved the candidate experience.

   Practical communication shapes how applicants experience the process.

2. The survey asked about candidate experience even among people not hired.

   The concept covers the whole process rather than only its final outcome.

Common collocations

• improve candidate experience
• positive candidate experience

Related terms

• applicationA formal request for a job, or the set of documents and forms you send to an employer when you make that request.
• recruiterA person whose job is to find and select people for jobs, either inside a company's HR team or at an external agency.

More terms: Applications & Hiring

• apply
• candidate
• hire
• hiring manager
• HR
• shortlist
• follow up
• hear back
• rejection
• ATS
• overqualified
• reserve list