What is Offer Acceptance Rate?
Share of job offers candidates accept.
How to calculate it
Calculate Offer Acceptance Rate as: Offers accepted / Offers extended × 100. Pull the inputs from your connected data and track the trend over time in your dashboard.
Examples
Example 1
17 of 20 offers accepted -> 85% acceptance.
Example 2
17 of 20 offers are accepted -> 85% acceptance. The three declines all cited compensation, prompting a market pay review.
Why it matters
Offer acceptance rate is the share of job offers candidates accept and reflects how competitive and well-matched the offers are. A high rate indicates strong employer branding, fair compensation and a good candidate experience. Small offer volumes make the metric volatile, so it should be read over time.
Benchmark context
85%+ is strong; a falling rate may point to uncompetitive compensation, a slow process or misalignment late in interviews.
Common pitfalls
Small sample volatility.
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