This season, since Aug 1, 2026. Every number comes from our own checks of firm sites.
We know the moment we first saw each posting. When the firm's own system dates a posting, we compare the two. Greenhouse and Lever give a timestamp, so the lag is measured to the minute. Workday, Phenom, Oracle, and most custom portals give a day or a phrase like "Posted today", so the lag is measured to the day.
Some boards give no date at all. For those we cannot say how late we were, only that we saw it.
A firm can repost a role, which resets its date. That makes us look faster than we were, never slower. Postings that were already live on our first poll of a firm are counted apart, since we did not see them open.