Usually 3 to 6 weeks to find and close the candidate, then a 30 to 90 day notice period before they join. Most of that first stretch is spent finding people who are actually interested.
This guide shows where the time goes at each stage, five steps to hire senior talent fast, and how Hire22 gets you an interview-ready shortlist in about 22 hours.
Typical ranges for a mid or senior role in India. Finding and closing the candidate often takes 3 to 6 weeks, and the notice period comes on top.
| Stage | Portals or consultants | With Hire22 |
|---|---|---|
| Brief and approvals | A few days to a week | Same: your team writes the brief |
| Sourcing and first contact | 1 to 3 weeks | Interview-ready shortlist in about 22 hours |
| Screening calls | About a week | Interest, CTC and notice period already checked |
| Interview rounds | 1 to 3 weeks | Set by your team; one week is achievable |
| Offer and acceptance | A few days to a week | Same: your team makes the offer |
| Notice period | 30 to 90 days | Same: set by the candidate’s employer |
Most delays happen before the first interview and after the offer. These steps cut both.
Agree the must-have skills, the CTC band and the notice period you can wait for before anyone starts sourcing. Changing the brief halfway restarts the search.
Senior candidates usually have more than one process running. Block your panel’s calendars upfront so a good candidate can finish every round in one week.
Ask each candidate if they are open to the role, and about expected CTC and notice period, before you book a screening call. Most of the lost time in senior hiring is calls with people who were never going to move.
Back-to-back rounds keep candidates warm and stop a competing offer from landing first. Give feedback within a day of each round.
With 60 to 90 day notice periods common, decide early whether you will buy out notice and by how much, so the offer is not stuck in approvals.
Hire22 does the slowest part for you. Hunter AI finds candidates, including people who are not applying. CoNCT AI asks each one if they are interested. The JoinX Score ranks the people who said yes on skills, expected CTC and notice period. You get the shortlist in about 22 hours and start interviews the next day.
On one ServiceNow developer role, Hire22 found 165 profiles and shortlisted 18 interview-ready candidates; the client hired two of them. Read the case study.
Speed is only half the picture. See what a senior hire costs in India, or the full lateral hiring process.
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