In a follow-up to my last article titled Say Boo to Post-Interview Ghosting, which was about one particular negative candidate experience theme, I thought it appropriate to focus on some of the positive themes in our 2026 CandE Benchmark Research. 

Yes, candidate experience comes with the baggage of candidates stating they were ghosted, they had little to no communication, they were disrespected, that AI screened them out, and more. 

Yes, these things are all true, but so are all the