Free Hiring Tool

How Many Hours Will Hiring Actually Take You?

Reviewing CVs, running recruiter calls, sitting in technical interviews. It all adds up fast, and most teams don't realize how many engineering hours a single hire costs until it's too late. Use the calculator below to see the real number, in hours and in euros.

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Quick estimate

Your Hiring Effort at a Glance

Move the slider to match how many open roles you're hiring for. Everything below updates instantly.

Number of Roles to Fill

Selected roles 10

Your Effort Overview

  • On average, your company will spend:
    • 1.7 hours reviewing CVs
    • 205 hours interviewing candidates
  • Your engineers will spend:
    • 120 hours conducting technical assessments
  • And it will cost you:
    • 6,240.00 Total Cost of Interviewing (€)

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Full breakdown

Advanced Total Hiring Needs Calculator

This breakdown goes stage by stage: how many candidates make it through each round, how many hours each stage actually takes, and what the whole process costs once you count recruiter and engineer time. Adjust any number to match your own hiring funnel.

Total Expected Candidates

Total target hires 10

Total expected candidates 200

Hiring Funnel Pass-through Rates

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CV Screen100

Recruiter Call60

Tech Screen(s)40

Onsite/Culture20

Total Interview Hours

Total Interview Hours per Candidate 5.75

Total Interview Hours 205

AssessDevWithout AssessDev

Cost of Interviewing plus Productivity Loss

Total Cost of Interviewing (€) 6,240.00

AssessDevWith AssessDev

Cost of Interviewing With AssessDev

Based on 30 technical assessments (your open positions × 3 interviews each), at AssessDev's published rate of €135.00 per interview.

Estimated Cost With AssessDev (€) 4,050.00

Your Estimated Savings (€) 2,190.00

Your Estimated Hours Saved 30

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Before you plan headcount

Questions people ask about this calculator

How accurate is this interview hours calculator?
It's a planning estimate, not a guarantee. The numbers are only as good as the funnel rates and stage durations you enter, so start with the defaults, then adjust the advanced calculator to match how your team actually interviews.
What counts as "productivity loss" in the cost calculation?
The interview itself is only part of the cost. Prep time, context-switching, and the work an engineer isn't doing while they're in an interview all add up. That's why the cost calculation weights engineer and recruiter time above their raw hourly rate, not just the hour spent in the room.
How many interview hours is too many?
There's no universal number, but if your engineers are regularly spending double-digit hours a week interviewing, that's usually a sign to tighten your funnel earlier, or bring in an outside interviewer for part of the process.
How can I reduce interview hours without lowering my hiring bar?
Two levers work best: a sharper CV and recruiter screen so fewer weak candidates reach your engineers, and a structured technical interview format so every round is short, consistent, and doesn't need repeating. See our sample interview structure ➔
Does this calculator account for no-shows or rescheduled interviews?
No, it assumes every scheduled interview happens as planned. In practice, build in some slack on top of these numbers for cancellations and reschedules.

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