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Applicant Tracking

The workflow for recording candidates, applications, stages, decisions, and hiring activity across open roles.

technicalPublished 2026/06/06Last verified 2026/06/06

FAQs

Why does applicant tracking matter?
It gives recruiting teams a shared source of truth for candidate status, hiring progress, and decisions across roles.

Related Terms

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    An applicant tracking system for managing jobs, candidates, hiring stages, and recruiting workflows.

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    A recruiting metric that measures how long it takes to move a candidate from application or contact to hire.

  • Candidate Experience

    The quality of a candidate's interactions with an employer during sourcing, application, interviews, and offers.

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What it means

Applicant tracking is the operational workflow behind an ATS. It tracks candidate records, applications, stage changes, interview feedback, and hiring decisions.

Buyer checks

  • Review how candidate history and duplicate records are handled.
  • Check permission controls for hiring teams and interviewers.
  • Confirm auditability for stage movement, rejection reasons, and approvals.

Strong applicant tracking helps teams understand what happened in a hiring process and why.