# Interview scheduling for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, September 2026

Gane Index, September 2026 Edition. Asked as "interview scheduling software" and as "recruiting coordination tool", six framings each, to twelve models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/interview-scheduling/2026-09/enterprise

This is the permanent record of the September 2026 Edition, published September 17, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/interview-scheduling/enterprise/index.md

**Standing:** GoodTime leads with 56% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 43 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [GoodTime](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/goodtime/index.md) | 56% | 2% | 51 |
| 2 | [candidate.fyi](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/candidate-fyi/index.md) | 21% | 0% | 39 |
| 3 | [Greenhouse](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/greenhouse/index.md) | 7% | 12% | 24 |
| 4 | [Workday Recruiting](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/workday-recruiting/index.md) | 7% | 10% | 10 |
| 8 | [ModernLoop](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/modernloop/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 25 |
| 9 | [Paradox](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/paradox/index.md) | 0% | 7% | 28 |
| 10 | [VidCruiter](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/vidcruiter/index.md) | 0% | 7% | 15 |
| 11 | [Lever](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/lever/index.md) | 0% | 14% | 14 |
| 57 | [Calendly](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/calendly/index.md) | 0% | 80% | 45 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 57 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

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

- Claude Haiku 4.5: GoodTime, candidate.fyi; alternatives Paradox
- GPT-5.4 mini: GoodTime; alternatives Calendly, Rooster Scheduling, VidCruiter
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: candidate.fyi; alternatives GoodTime, ModernLoop, Paradox
- Perplexity Sonar: GoodTime; alternatives candidate.fyi
- Grok 4.20: GoodTime; alternatives ModernLoop, Paradox, candidate.fyi
- Mistral Small: GoodTime; alternatives ModernLoop, candidate.fyi
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: GoodTime; alternatives Greenhouse, candidate.fyi
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: GoodTime; alternatives Cal.com, ModernLoop
- Kimi K2: GoodTime; alternatives Greenhouse, Paradox, iCIMS Talent Cloud
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: GoodTime; alternatives Lever, ModernLoop, candidate.fyi
- MiniMax M2.5: GoodTime; alternatives Cal.com, Lever

## Sources the answers cite

67 of 72 answers came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- goodtime.io: 51 answers, 69 citations
- candidate.fyi: 46 answers, 117 citations
- bestrecruitingtools.com: 45 answers, 59 citations
- lever.co: 33 answers, 33 citations
- cal.com: 29 answers, 34 citations
- selectsoftwarereviews.com: 25 answers, 28 citations
- metaview.ai: 22 answers, 24 citations
- fluentbooking.com: 21 answers, 25 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://goodtime.io/blog/talent-operations/best-interview-scheduling-software (40 answers)
- https://candidate.fyi/interview-scheduling-software (37 answers)
- https://bestrecruitingtools.com/blog/best-interview-scheduling-software-enterprise-2026 (36 answers)
- https://lever.co/insights/best-interview-scheduling-software (33 answers)
- https://cal.com/blog/best-interview-scheduling-software (22 answers)
- https://fluentbooking.com/articles/best-interview-scheduling-software (21 answers)
- https://candidate.fyi/post/best-interview-scheduling-software-for-recruiters (20 answers)
- https://selectsoftwarereviews.com/buyer-guide/interview-scheduling-software (19 answers)
- https://lunacal.ai/blogs/interview-scheduling-software-recruiter (15 answers)
- https://metaview.ai/resources/blog/automated-interview-scheduling-tools (15 answers)

## Warned against

- Calendly: 36 of 45 labels negative. "The strongest warning in the results is against Calendly for enterprise recruiting. One source says it works well for individuals and small teams but "breaks down fast" for enterprise" (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt)
- Doodle: 5 of 6 labels negative. "Generic calendar/polling tools (Doodle, Cal.com "basic" use, Zeeg, etc.) These are not recruiting-specific" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)
- YouCanBookMe: 4 of 5 labels negative. "Examples: Basic or standard tiers of Calendly, Doodle, YouCanBookMe, Koalendar" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)
- Cal.com: 3 of 9 labels negative. "Generic calendar/polling tools (Doodle, Cal.com "basic" use, Zeeg, etc.) These are not recruiting-specific" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, September 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.