“Candidate experience” is candidates’ overall perception of a company’s recruiting process. It is the way they experience the whole process, from sourcing and screening to interviewing and rejection, or hiring and finally on-boarding. This means that it involves the whole candidate journey - all 6 stages through which job seekers go through: Awareness, Consideration, Interest, Application, Selection and Hire. What constitutes a bad candidate experience? There are 3 main cause