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Designing an ATS Candidate Pipeline Schema

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ER diagram of an ATS schema with candidates, jobs, applications, pipeline_stages, interviews, and scorecards entities connected by foreign keys.
ER diagram of an ATS schema with candidates, jobs, applications, pipeline_stages, interviews, and scorecards entities connected by foreign keys.
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What it shows

  • Separate candidate master identity from individual job applications.
  • Model interview stages dynamically per job requisition.
  • Link scorecards to interviews to allow multi-reviewer ratings.

The takeaway

Decouple candidates from applications and stages to keep hiring workflows flexible and auditable.

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