Recruiting Coordinator for High-Volume Hiring in a Startup

Outset; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Outset is seeking a highly organized Recruiting Coordinator to support rapid, high-volume hiring in a fast-paced startup. You will ensure smooth interview movement, stakeholder alignment, and a positive candidate experience in the San Francisco area.

You will coordinate interviews across teams and time zones, partner with recruiters and hiring managers, and maintain clean ATS data in Ashby while delivering timely, professional communication to candidates.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of recruiting coordination or similar scheduling-intensive experience.
• Experience supporting high-volume hiring in a startup, high-growth, fast-paced environment.
• Proven ability to manage numerous active candidates and interviews at once without sacrificing accuracy, responsiveness, or candidate experience.
• Strong calendar management skills and comfort coordinating complex schedules across time zones.
• Familiarity with Ashby.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a polished, candidate-centered approach.
• Strong attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to prioritize effectively when plans change quickly.
• A proactive, resourceful mindset - you anticipate issues, solve problems independently, and know when to escape.
• Comfort working with ambiguity and building processes in an environment where priorities and hiring plans may shift.
• Commitment to confidentiality, inclusive hiring practices, and a positive candidate experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate a high volume of interviews across multiple teams, job functions, time zones, and hiring stages.
• Own end-to-end interview scheduling, including complex panel interviews, last-minute changes, reschedules, and candidate communications.
• Partner closely with recruiters, hiring managers, interviewers, and executive assistants to create efficient, seamless interview processes.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for candidates, delivering timely, professional, and warm communication throughout the recruiting process.
• Maintain accurate candidate, interview, and hiring data in the applicant tracking system - Ashby.
• Prepare interview agendas, collect interviewer feedback, monitor completion, and follow up to keep decisions moving quickly.
• Support recruiting events, hiring days, campus programs, referral initiatives, and other high-volume talent programs as needed.
• Coordinate candidate travel, expense reimbursements, offer-related logistics, background checks, and onboarding handoffs where applicable.
• Identify scheduling bottlenecks and recurring process issues; recommend and implement practical improvements.
• Create and maintain recruiting documentation, templates, reporting trackers, and process guides.
• Help build scalable recruiting operations that can evolve as the company grows.

Skills

Interview scheduling

Calendar management

Candidate experience

Communication

Recruiting coordination

Time-zone coordination

Attention to detail

Ambiguity handling

Tools

Ashby

Job description

Outset is seeking a highly organized Recruiting Coordinator to support rapid, high-volume hiring in a fast-paced startup. You will ensure smooth interview movement, stakeholder alignment, and a positive candidate experience in the San Francisco area.

You will coordinate interviews across teams and time zones, partner with recruiters and hiring managers, and maintain clean ATS data in Ashby while delivering timely, professional communication to candidates.