It's not? Because I see people here complaining about open positions that stay open for months to years, or that they can't find candidates at all. The breakdow

It's not? Because I see people here complaining about open positions that stay open for months to years, or that they can't find candidates at all. The breakdown is roughly 1 week for phone screens, 1 week for main interviews, 1 week for the follow-up coding test / code review with a candidate, then the offer. So 3-4 weeks from start to finish. I simply don't see how it could possibly go any faster. We are still doing other work in the meantime. We also need to consider multiple candidates. More than a couple of interviews a day is simply too tiring to evaluate candidates fairly. I've never seen a company move any faster than two to three weeks in dozens and dozens of interviews with all types of candidates and all types of companies from startups to FAANG. Anecdotal reports from recruiters notwithstanding, I think it's incredibly fast. If candidates can't wait (we've had one that we liked that took another offer), it's not a big deal at all. There are tons of qualified candidates out there. Each time we've hired the last three times, we've had three equally capable candidates. If one of them drops out, it makes the decision that much easier. After all, at that stage, it's impossible to say one is better than another. That can only be said after working with someone for some time. We've even gone back and hired candidates that initially were our runner up when the first choice didn't work out due to non work-related issues.