Screening time calculator
A round of phone screens costs more hours than most teams count, because the scheduling is invisible and the calls that get booked are only some of the ones attempted. This compares that against reviewing a recorded answer from everyone who applied.
Your numbers
Usually a fraction of the pool, because there isn't time for all of them.
Emails, rescheduling, and the calls that never happen.
A short set of answers, watched at your own pace, usually runs two to four minutes.
Result
- Phone screening this pool
- 23 hours
- Reviewing recorded answers
- 6 hours
- Difference
- 17 hours less
What this assumes
This is an estimate built from numbers you supplied, not a finding. It is useful for comparing two ways of doing the same thing, and it isn't evidence of anything on its own. Here is exactly what it assumes.
- It assumes you would phone screen only some of the pool and would review a recorded answer from all of it. That's the honest comparison. Recorded rounds are usually run on everyone, which is most of the point.
- The scheduling minutes are per screen that happens, not per attempt. If you routinely chase three times to book one call, the real figure is higher than the default.
- It measures hours, not quality. A recorded answer and a phone call aren't the same evidence, and this calculator has nothing to say about which produces better hires.
This tool is free and always will be, with no signup. If you want the same thinking applied to your actual applicants — questions written for the role, every answer transcribed and scored against your criteria, the list ranked — that's what VoxScreen does, free for 50 candidates a month.