Engineering Offer Acceptance Rate
Percentage of job offers extended to software engineers and technical candidates that are accepted
What is Engineering Offer Acceptance Rate?
Engineering offer acceptance rate is the percentage of job offers to technical candidates that are accepted. It shows how competitive the organisation's offers are in the technology talent market.
Skilled technical people often have several offers, so a low rate can mean pay, benefits or process is not winning them.
How this KPI is measured
- Function
- Human Resources
- Sub-function
- Talent Acquisition
- Industry
- Software / Technology (SaaS)
- Type
- Lagging
- Impact
- Quality
- Unit
- %
- Measurement frequency
- Monthly / Quarterly
- Formula
- (Technical offers accepted / Technical offers extended) × 100
How to calculate it
Divide technical offers accepted by technical offers extended, and multiply by 100.
For example, if 36 of 60 offers were accepted, the rate is 60%.
Ask candidates who decline for their reasons, and track by role and level.
Where it is used
Assessing competitiveness
Check pay and offer.
Improving the hiring process
Find friction.
Planning hiring
Estimate offers needed.
How to improve it
Tips and common mistakes
- Speed matters as much as pay.
- Track reasons for declining.
- Keep in touch between offer and start.
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