HIRING PROCESS DESIGN

A process that doesn't depend on who's running it.

When your hiring process lives in people's heads, it changes every time a different manager gets involved. Hiring Process Design gives you a fully documented, repeatable system, so every candidate gets the same quality experience and every hire is made on the same evidence.

EngagementFixed-fee project
DurationTypically 1–2 weeks
FeeFrom £2,500
OutputFully documented hiring playbook
IncludesATS configuration to match
The problem

Inconsistent hiring isn't an attitude problem. It's a process problem.

When there's no agreed process, people default to their instincts. And instincts vary.

Every manager interviews differently

Some run one round, some run four. Some give structured feedback, some go on gut feel. The decision depends on who's involved, not on what the role requires.

No scorecards means no accountability

Without a shared framework for what "good" looks like at each stage, hiring decisions are hard to defend, easy to challenge, and impossible to learn from.

Candidate experience varies wildly

Great candidates get slow feedback. Interview formats aren't explained. Offers land at different speeds depending on which hiring manager is involved. You're losing people to this.

The ATS doesn't reflect how you actually hire

Your pipeline stages were set up on day one and never updated. The way candidates move through the system has nothing to do with your actual process.

What you get

A complete hiring playbook. Yours to keep and use.

Every deliverable is designed to be used the day after handover. Not filed away and forgotten.

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Process maps per role family

End-to-end process documentation for each function you hire into, from role approval through to offer accepted. Swim-lane format showing who does what and when.

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Interview stage design

Stage-by-stage breakdown of what each interview is assessing, who should run it, and approximately how long it should take. No ambiguity about the purpose of each conversation.

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Structured question banks

Competency and values-based questions for each stage, mapped to the criteria being assessed. Includes follow-up probes and what good and bad answers look like.

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Scorecards per role type

Standardised scoring frameworks for each stage aligned to your levelling system. Keeps feedback objective, comparable, and defensible.

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Candidate comms templates

Interview invite, stage briefing, feedback, offer, and decline templates. Professionally written and ready to personalise. Consistent experience for every candidate.

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Hiring manager guide

A practical one-pager for managers on how to run each interview type, how to complete a scorecard, and how to give good candidate feedback quickly.

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SLAs and feedback standards

Agreed turnaround times at each stage: how fast feedback needs to happen, when decisions should be made, and what escalation looks like if stages stall.

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ATS pipeline alignment

Your ATS updated to reflect the new process exactly. Stage names, automation triggers, and field requirements all aligned to what's been designed.

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Everything in one place

All deliverables handed over in a single Notion workspace or Google Drive folder, structured so your team can find and use them without help from anyone else.

How it works

Discovery. Design. Handover. Done.

Most engagements are completed in 1–2 weeks. The timeline depends on how many role families are in scope and your team's availability for the discovery sessions.

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Days 1–2

Discovery

Before designing anything, we understand how hiring actually works at your company today: the steps, the people, the decisions, and where the friction sits. This includes a review of your current ATS configuration.

  • Structured interview with the hiring lead or People lead
  • Short async survey sent to 2–3 hiring managers
  • Review of current job descriptions, any existing process docs, ATS setup
  • Agreed scope: which role families will be designed in this engagement
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Days 3–7

Design

The full process is designed and drafted: process maps, scorecards, question banks, comms templates, SLAs, and the hiring manager guide. A draft is shared for review and one round of feedback is incorporated.

  • Process maps drafted per role family in agreed format
  • Interview stages designed with clear purpose and owner for each
  • Scorecards built per stage per role family
  • Question banks written for each assessment stage
  • Comms templates drafted for all key touchpoints
  • One round of structured feedback and revisions
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Days 8–10

Handover & ATS Alignment

All deliverables are compiled into a single, well-structured workspace. The ATS is updated to reflect the new process exactly. A walkthrough session is run with the hiring lead and any relevant managers.

  • ATS pipeline stages, automations, and fields updated to match the new process
  • Full deliverable pack compiled in Notion or Google Drive
  • Live walkthrough session with your team (1–2 hours)
  • Hiring manager guide distributed and briefed
Is this for me?

Right for companies where the process is the bottleneck

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Companies about to scale hiring significantly and wanting a solid foundation before volume increases

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Organisations where multiple managers are hiring and each running the process their own way

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Teams losing candidates at late stages to speed, unclear process, or inconsistent feedback

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Companies that have grown quickly and never formalised what had been an informal process

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People leads who want structured interviewing in place but don't have the time to design it themselves

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Not right if the primary problem is volume. If you need more candidates, start with the TA Diagnostic

Investment

Scoped to your engagement.

The fee is based on the number of role families in scope, the complexity of your current process, and the breadth of documentation required. Everything listed below is included. No add-ons, no hourly billing. Fees are agreed before work begins.

Fees quoted
at scoping
fixed-fee project · fee agreed at the end of discovery · no surprises
  • Discovery sessions with hiring lead and managers
  • Process maps per role family
  • Interview stage design with structured question banks
  • Scorecards for each stage, aligned to your levelling
  • Candidate comms templates (invite, feedback, offer, decline)
  • SLAs and feedback standards documentation
  • Hiring manager guide
  • ATS pipeline alignment to reflect the new process
  • Handover session and full deliverable pack
Not sure if process design is the right starting point? The TA Diagnostic (£1,750) will identify exactly where your biggest problems are across process, ATS, data, and team capability, and tell you what to fix first. Hiring Process Design often follows naturally from the diagnostic report.
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Talk through your hiring process

If your hiring process is inconsistent, manager-dependent, or simply undocumented, book a free 20-minute discovery call to walk through your current situation and what a Process Design engagement would cover.

Book a free 20-min call

No commitment. Most engagements are scoped and started within a week of the discovery call.