# Interview scheduling: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 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://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/interview-scheduling/2026-11

**Standing:** ModernLoop leads with 28% of first choices; verdict contested. 50 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [ModernLoop](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/modernloop/index.md) | 28% | 10% | 42 |
| 2 | [Calendly](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/calendly/index.md) | 16% | 29% | 59 |
| 3 | [GoodTime](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/goodtime/index.md) | 12% | 22% | 54 |
| 4 | [Koalendar](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/koalendar/index.md) | 10% | 11% | 19 |
| 5 | [Cal.com](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/cal-com/index.md) | 8% | 13% | 23 |
| 6 | [Lever](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/lever/index.md) | 8% | 22% | 18 |
| 8 | [Greenhouse](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/greenhouse/index.md) | 4% | 13% | 23 |
| 10 | [Prelude](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/prelude/index.md) | 2% | 29% | 14 |
| 13 | [Ashby](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/ashby/index.md) | 0% | 4% | 26 |
| 14 | [Paradox](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/paradox/index.md) | 0% | 21% | 24 |
| 15 | [candidate.fyi](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/candidate-fyi/index.md) | 0% | 7% | 14 |
| 18 | [YouCanBookMe](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/youcanbookme/index.md) | 0% | 23% | 13 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 84 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: ModernLoop; alternatives Ashby, GoodTime, Prelude
- GPT-5.4 mini: GoodTime; alternatives Ashby, Calendly, Greenhouse, Lever
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: ModernLoop; alternatives Ashby, GoodTime, candidate.fyi
- Perplexity Sonar: GoodTime; alternatives Ashby, Cal.com, Lever, ModernLoop
- Grok 4.20: ModernLoop; alternatives Grayscale, Prelude
- Mistral Small: GoodTime; alternatives Calendly, ModernLoop, Paradox
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: ModernLoop; alternatives Calendly
- Llama 4 Maverick: ModernLoop; alternatives Calendly, GoodTime
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Calendly, ModernLoop; alternatives GoodTime, Greenhouse, Lever
- Kimi K2: ModernLoop; alternatives GoodTime
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: ModernLoop; alternatives GoodTime, Grayscale
- MiniMax M2.5: ModernLoop; alternatives Cal.com, GoodTime, VidCruiter
- GPT-6 Luna: ModernLoop; alternatives Ashby's native scheduling, GoodTime
- Muse Glimmer 30B: ModernLoop; alternatives Grayscale, Prelude

## Sources the answers cite

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

- cal.com: 38 answers, 60 citations
- modernloop.com: 27 answers, 38 citations
- koalendar.com: 24 answers, 32 citations
- lever.co: 24 answers, 26 citations
- goodtime.io: 23 answers, 32 citations
- selectsoftwarereviews.com: 20 answers, 21 citations
- leadchangegroup.com: 19 answers, 36 citations
- g2.com: 19 answers, 30 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://cal.com/blog/best-interview-scheduling-software (32 answers)
- https://koalendar.com/blog/best-interview-scheduling-software (22 answers)
- https://lever.co/insights/best-interview-scheduling-software (20 answers)
- https://selectsoftwarereviews.com/buyer-guide/interview-scheduling-software (18 answers)
- https://cal.com/blog/best-recruiting-scheduling-software (17 answers)
- https://fluentbooking.com/articles/best-interview-scheduling-software (17 answers)
- https://modernloop.com/guides/best-interview-scheduling-software (16 answers)
- https://hrtechsaas.com/blog/best-interview-scheduling-software (13 answers)
- https://youcanbook.me/blog/free-interview-schedulers (13 answers)
- https://ourcodeworld.com/articles/read/5099/best-scheduling-software-for-in-person-and-virtual-interviews (11 answers)

## Warned against

- Calendly: 17 of 59 labels negative. "General-purpose tools like Calendly and Microsoft Bookings lack the ATS depth and interviewer load balancing that recruiting teams need at scale." (Muse Glimmer 30B, direct prompt)
- GoodTime: 12 of 54 labels negative. "What to Avoid - Enterprise-focused tools like GoodTime, VidCruiter, or Paradox" (Kimi K2, budget prompt)
- HireVue: 6 of 10 labels negative. "Avoid for mid-market B2B: Pure enterprise like HireVue/Paradox (too complex/expensive)" (Grok 4.20, direct prompt)
- Paradox: 5 of 24 labels negative. "Avoid for mid-market B2B: Pure enterprise like HireVue/Paradox (too complex/expensive)" (Grok 4.20, direct prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
New leader: Calendly (20%) to ModernLoop (28%). Margin 12 points, within noise.

- ModernLoop: 9% to 28%, +19. Cleared the floor by 6 points · rank 4 → 1 of 84.
- Calendly: 20% to 16%, −4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 1 → 2 of 84.
- GoodTime: 16% to 12%, −4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 2 → 3 of 84.
- Koalendar: 6% to 10%, +4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 7 → 4 of 84.
- Greenhouse: 8% to 4%, −4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 5 → 8 of 84.
- Lever: 11% to 8%, −3. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 3 → 6 of 84.
- candidate.fyi: 3% to 0%, −3. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 8 → 15 of 84.
- Prelude: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 36 → 10 of 84.
- Ashby: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 10 → 13 of 84.
- Microsoft Bookings: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 11 → 26 of 84.
- Doodle: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 19 → 83 of 84.
- Cal.com: 8% to 8%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 6 → 5 of 84.

## Record

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