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Set Stage Types, Colors, and SLAs

In this article, you’ll learn how to customize each stage in your workflow — by setting its type, color, and SLA (time limit) — so your pipeline is easier to read and your hiring process stays on schedule.

Updated over 5 months ago

Go to Your Workflow Settings

From your dashboard, head to:
Jobs → Select a Job → Edit → Workflow tab

Here, you’ll see all stages in your job’s hiring process (for example: Applied → Screening → Interview → Offer → Hired). You can edit each stage’s details by clicking on it.


Choose the Stage Type

Stage Types help you define what kind of action happens at this point of the hiring process.

From the Stage Type dropdown, choose what best fits your step:

  • Screening – For early filtering or HR interviews.

  • Interview – For technical, panel, or management interviews.

  • Evaluation– For assignments, tests, or practical evaluations.

  • Offer – For offer creation, review, or signing.

  • Hired / Rejected – For final candidate outcomes.

💡 Stage types help keep your analytics and reports more accurate — so you can later track conversion rates per stage.


Set a Stage Color

Colors help you quickly identify stages at a glance in your workflow and candidate pipeline. Click the color selector beside the stage name, and choose a color that represents this step — for example:

  • 🟦 Blue for Interviews

  • 🟩 Green for Offers

  • 🟧 Orange for Screening

  • 🟥 Red for Rejected

📌 Tip: Use consistent colors across all your workflows so your team instantly knows what each type represents.


Define an SLA (Time Limit)

An SLA (Service Level Agreement) helps you set a maximum number of days candidates should stay in this stage before action is taken.

To add one:

  • Enter the number of days (e.g., 5 days for Interview stage).

  • Click Save.

💡 Recruitera will track this automatically — so you can spot overdue candidates and take action faster.


Save Your Changes

Once you’ve customized your stage type, color, and SLA, click Save to apply changes instantly. Your updates will appear across the pipeline view for all team members.


✅ Why This Helps

Customizing stage types, colors, and SLAs makes your workflow visually clear and performance-driven.
You’ll be able to:

  • Identify bottlenecks faster

  • Improve accountability within your team

  • Track efficiency through reports and analytics


That’s it!
You’ve now customized your workflow stages in Recruitera — making your hiring process easier to follow, more visual, and more efficient.

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