The thing I learned, though, is that if you zoom out a little further, the recruiting progress can be simply understood as a funnel of numbers. When you are talking about dozens of candidates, that funnel stays relatively consistent. For example (and I am making up the numbers here), out of twenty emails you send, you might get interest back from ten. Out of ten initial meetings, four will move on to interview stage. Out of four interviews, one will result in an offer. And out of an offer, a candidate will decline 50 percent of the time.
