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What 157,000+ candidates want from their next role.

Based on real candidate conversations, this tool shows the perks that attract strong applicants, the dealbreakers that lose them, and how those preferences shift across seniority.

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Top perks
Remote
74%
Equity
67%
Scope
58%
Mentor
45%
Dealbreakers
Onsite
52%
Reloc.
38%
Corp.
31%

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What candidates want

The strongest candidate signal in the dataset. The left side shows what pulls people into a process. The right side shows which conditions narrow your pool before a conversation even starts.

Top Perks

Remote work
~102.5k candidates
74.2%
Hybrid arrangements
~87.3k candidates
63.2%
Equity / stock options
~85.5k candidates
61.9%
Flexibility / work-life balance
~36.5k candidates
26.4%
Working with AI / LLMs
~35.6k candidates
25.8%
Mission-led
~31.5k candidates
22.8%
Founding roles
~29k candidates
21.0%
Autonomy
~24.6k candidates
17.8%
Mentorship
~22.8k candidates
16.5%

Top Dealbreakers

Onsite / in-office required
~94k candidates
68.1%
Relocation required
~85.9k candidates
62.2%
Corporate / enterprise environments
~42.4k candidates
30.7%
Bureaucracy / red tape
~19.2k candidates
13.9%
Fully remote (want some office time)
~13.9k candidates
10.1%
Toxic environments
~8.7k candidates
6.3%
Micromanagement
~5.4k candidates
3.9%

By seniority

One hiring narrative does not fit every level. Use the selector to see how the same perk or dealbreaker lands differently with directors, senior ICs, managers, and junior candidates.

Remote work

% of candidates by seniority level

Director+
~12.3k candidates
74%
Senior IC
~34.5k candidates· highest
80.7%
Lead/Mgr
~28.1k candidates
72.7%
Junior
~25.2k candidates
63%
Director+
Senior IC
Lead/Mgr
Junior

What this means for hiring teams.

A few patterns stand out fast: senior candidates price in autonomy and equity, junior candidates optimise for mentorship, and rigid onsite requirements narrow your pool more than most teams expect.

Equity is the great seniority divider: 71.5% of Directors want it vs 34.3% of Juniors — the single biggest gap in the dataset.

Director+71.5%
Junior34.3%

Mentorship is the mirror image: 45.5% of Juniors want it vs 9.4% of Directors.

Junior45.5%
Director+9.4%

Senior ICs are the most remote-hungry (80.7%), Juniors the least (63.0%).

Senior IC80.7%
Junior63%

10.1% actually have fully remote as a dealbreaker — they want some office time.

Want office10.1%
Want remote74.2%

52.5% mention startups but 43.2% specifically want scale-ups — startup energy with grown-up structure.

Startups52.5%
Scale-ups43.2%

Only 3.9% say they hate micromanagement, but 17.8% want autonomy — same need, positive framing.

Want autonomy17.8%
Reject micro-mgmt3.9%

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