Move candidates through your hiring pipeline with intuitive drag-and-drop. Customize stages, colors, and workflows to match exactly how your team works.
Sarah Chen
San Francisco
Alex Rivera
New York
Maria Santos
Remote
David Kim
Seattle
Emma Wilson
London
James Miller
Berlin
Move candidates between stages with a simple drag. No forms, no clicks—just drag and it's done.
Color-code your pipeline stages for instant visual recognition. Match your brand or create your own system.
Rename stages to match your process. Use 'Phone Screen' instead of 'Screening'—whatever works for you.
Add as many stages as your hiring process needs. Simple 3-step or complex 10-step—we support it all.
Changes sync instantly across your team. When you move a candidate, everyone sees it immediately.
See candidate ratings at a glance on each card. Quickly identify top candidates in each stage.
Every team hires differently. Draft lets you create exactly the pipeline stages you need—whether that's a simple 4-step process or a detailed multi-round interview flow.
Click to edit, drag to reorder
Traditional applicant tracking systems bury candidates in endless tables and spreadsheets. You spend more time clicking through menus than actually evaluating candidates. A kanban-style pipeline changes that by giving you a visual overview of your entire hiring funnel at a glance.
With Draft's kanban board, you can see exactly how many candidates are in each stage of your hiring process. Notice that your "Interview" column is getting crowded? That's a signal to schedule more interviews or make faster decisions. See that your "Applied" column is empty? Time to boost your job posting visibility.
Many growing companies start by tracking candidates in spreadsheets. It works at first, but quickly becomes unmanageable. Cells get overwritten, team members work on outdated versions, and nobody can find the candidate they're looking for. Even worse, candidates fall through the cracks and never get a response.
A visual kanban pipeline solves these problems by making your hiring process tangible. Every candidate has a card. Every stage has a column. Moving a candidate forward is as simple as dragging their card to the next column. Your whole team sees the same view, updated in real-time.
Most teams start with a simple 4-5 stage pipeline: Applied → Screening → Interview → Offer → Hired. As your hiring process matures, you can add stages like "Phone Screen," "Technical Assessment," "Culture Fit Interview," or "Reference Check." There's no limit to the number of stages you can create.
Each morning, recruiters open Draft and immediately see which candidates need attention. They can filter by job posting to focus on one role, or view all candidates across all jobs in a single pipeline. Hiring managers can check in on specific jobs without getting overwhelmed by candidates for other positions.
Yes, completely. You can add, remove, rename, and reorder stages at any time. Most teams start with the default stages (Applied, Screening, Interview, Offer, Hired) and then customize based on their specific hiring process. You can have as few as 2 stages or as many as 15—whatever matches how you actually hire.
When you drag a candidate card to a new column, the change is saved instantly and synced across your team in real-time. The candidate's profile is updated with a timestamped activity log showing who moved them and when. You can also set up automations to send emails or notifications when candidates reach certain stages.
By default, all jobs share the same pipeline stages for consistency. This makes it easy to compare progress across roles and ensures your team uses the same language. However, you can filter the kanban view to show only candidates for a specific job, giving you a focused view of each role's pipeline.
Each job application is tracked separately, so if a candidate applies for two different positions, they'll appear as separate cards in each job's pipeline. Their profile links everything together, so you can see all their applications in one place and make sure you're not double-scheduling or sending conflicting messages.
No limits. Whether you have 5 candidates or 500, the kanban board handles it smoothly. For stages with many candidates, you can scroll within the column or use filters to narrow down who you're looking at. Most teams find that having a visual overview actually helps them avoid bottlenecks before they become problems.
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