# Recruiting Coordinator

**Company:** [Perplexity](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/perplexity)
**Location:** Palo Alto, CA, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Recruiting
**Salary:** $83k – $89k/yr
**Experience:** 1+ years
**Skills:** ATS, Ashby, scheduling, candidate experience, recruiting processes
**Posted:** 2026-07-29

> Recruiting Coordinator responsible for owning end-to-end candidate experience, scheduling complex interviews, partnering with recruiters and hiring managers, and driving process improvements in a fast-paced startup. Requires 1-3 years coordinating experience, strong organization, and comfort with ambiguity.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end candidate experience, making every interaction from first touch to final decision feel seamless, human, and high-touch.
- Coordinate and schedule interviews across complex calendars, time zones, and competing priorities, keeping things moving at speed.
- Serve as a trusted partner to recruiters, interviewers, and hiring managers, anticipating needs, communicating proactively, and making their jobs easier.
- Operate independently in ambiguity: spot gaps, make judgment calls, and create structure where none exists yet.
- Identify, initiate, and drive projects that improve and scale our recruiting processes as the team grows.
- Manage logistics, administrative tasks, and ad-hoc recruiting support with accuracy and urgency.
- Continuously look for ways to raise the bar on both the external candidate experience and the internal stakeholder experience.

## Requirements
- 1-3 years of experience as either a Recruiting Coordinator, Administrative Assistant, or any adjacent role dealing with high volume scheduling.
- Comfort operating in ambiguity. You take initiative, make decisions with incomplete information, and don't wait to be told what to do.
- A natural high-velocity operator who moves quickly without sacrificing accuracy or attention to detail.
- Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to juggle multiple priorities simultaneously without losing the thread.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with proactive, clear, and warm follow-through.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively, adapting fast in a rapidly changing startup environment.
- Proficiency with various ATSs (Ashby preferred).

## Compensation
- Rate: $40 - $43 per hour (equivalent to $83,200 - $89,440 annually for 40 hours/week).
- Hybrid work schedule: In-office M/W/F.

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