# Interview scheduling: what AI models recommend, October 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "interview scheduling software" and as "recruiting coordination tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/talent/interview-scheduling/

**Standing:** Calendly leads with 20% of first choices; verdict contested. 64 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| # | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calendly | 20% | 33% | 55 |
| 2 | GoodTime | 16% | 18% | 49 |
| 3 | Lever | 11% | 9% | 34 |
| 4 | ModernLoop | 9% | 8% | 26 |
| 5 | Greenhouse | 8% | 14% | 42 |
| 6 | Cal.com | 8% | 0% | 21 |
| 7 | Koalendar | 6% | 0% | 10 |
| 8 | Ashby | 2% | 0% | 18 |
| 9 | Doodle | 2% | 38% | 13 |
| 10 | Paradox | 0% | 10% | 20 |
| 11 | YouCanBookMe | 0% | 21% | 14 |
| 12 | HireVue | 0% | 40% | 10 |

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: ModernLoop; alternatives Ashby, GoodTime, Greenhouse
- GPT-5.4 mini: Ashby; alternatives Calendly Sales, GoodTime, Prelude
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: ModernLoop; alternatives Ashby, Calendly’s Prelude, GoodTime
- Perplexity Sonar: GoodTime; alternatives Calendly Sales, Greenhouse, ModernLoop
- Grok 4.1 Fast: Calendly; alternatives Chili Piper, Greenhouse, Lever
- Mistral Small: Greenhouse, Lever; alternatives Cal.com
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Cal.com, Calendly; alternatives Greenhouse, Lever
- Llama 4 Maverick: Lever; alternatives Cal.com, Greenhouse, Joveo, Workforce Now
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: GoodTime; alternatives Ashby, Lever
- Kimi K2: ModernLoop; alternatives Ashby, Calendly, GoodTime, Greenhouse
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Calendly; alternatives GoodTime, Greenhouse, Lever
- MiniMax M2.5: Lever; alternatives Cal.com, Chili Piper, Greenhouse
- GPT-6 Luna: ModernLoop; alternatives GoodTime, Greenhouse
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Greenhouse, Jobvite; alternatives GoodTime, candidate.fyi

## Sources the answers cite

80 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- lever.co: 49 answers, 67 citations
- cal.com: 37 answers, 47 citations
- peoplemanagingpeople.com: 34 answers, 34 citations
- sapia.ai: 28 answers, 31 citations
- metaview.ai: 26 answers, 31 citations
- selectsoftwarereviews.com: 26 answers, 30 citations
- learn.g2.com: 26 answers, 27 citations
- goodtime.io: 24 answers, 29 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://lever.co/insights/best-interview-scheduling-software (41 answers)
- https://cal.com/blog/best-interview-scheduling-software (33 answers)
- https://peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/best-interview-scheduling-software (32 answers)
- https://sapia.ai/resources/blog/automated-interview-scheduler-top-platforms (26 answers)
- https://metaview.ai/resources/blog/automated-interview-scheduling-tools (23 answers)
- https://koalendar.com/blog/best-interview-scheduling-software (23 answers)
- https://learn.g2.com/best-interview-scheduling-software (23 answers)
- https://firsthr.app/compare/time-tracking/interview-scheduling-software (21 answers)
- https://goodtime.io/blog/talent-operations/best-interview-scheduling-software (21 answers)
- https://selectsoftwarereviews.com/buyer-guide/interview-scheduling-software (19 answers)

## Warned against

- Calendly: 18 of 55 labels negative. "Avoid using general-purpose tools (like Doodle or basic free tiers of Calendly) for serious hiring workflows" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)
- Doodle: 5 of 13 labels negative. "Why to avoid them: They are designed for small groups and ad-hoc meetings. They lack the necessary integration with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- GoodTime: 9 of 49 labels negative. "What to avoid if on a tight budget: Enterprise-level tools like GoodTime or ModernLoop" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)
- Greenhouse: 6 of 42 labels negative. "Avoid full ATS suites like Lever/Greenhouse unless free tiers suffice, as they're pricier for scale." (Grok 4.1 Fast, budget prompt)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Calendly at 21%.

- GoodTime: 9% to 16%, +7. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 5 → 2 of 73.
- ModernLoop: 15% to 9%, −6. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 2 → 4 of 73.
- Greenhouse: 13% to 7%, −6. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 3 → 5 of 73.
- Koalendar: 11% to 5%, −6. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 4 → 7 of 73.
- Cal.com: 4% to 7%, +3. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 8 → 6 of 73.
- Lever: 8% to 11%, +3. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 6 → 3 of 73.
- candidate.fyi: 6% to 4%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 7 → 9 of 73.
- YouCanBookMe: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 12 → 20 of 73.
- Doodle: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 67 → 18 of 73.
- Calendly: 21% to 21%, +1. Inside the floor by 12 points · rank 1 of 73, unchanged.
- Workable: 4% to 4%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 9 → 8 of 73.
- Ashby: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 11 → 10 of 73.

## Record

- Method: https://hr-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://hr-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, hr-ai-index.com.