Glassdoor | Staff spend 5 months of their life at interviews

The hiring process for a new role can take time; after all, the recruiter or hiring manager want to ensure that they find the best possible candidate for the job.

With likely processes including two face-to-face interviews and potentially an initial telephone screening, candidates are usually hopeful that they will be able to secure a new role within a few weeks.

It seems though that this isn’t the case. In fact, jobseekers in the UK spend around 27 days in an interview process when applying for a job, accumulating to almost a month of their time.

According to new data by Glassdoor, when considering that people move jobs on average around six times in their life, this will equate to over five months (162 days) spent in interview processes throughout their lifetime.