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title: Configuring Offer Stage Admin Settings
slug: configuring-offer-stage-admin-settings
createdAt: 2026-02-17T19:07:18.965Z
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The Offer stage within your Interview Plans can be configured with various settings and automations to ensure Ashby works for your hiring workflow. These settings allow you to automate candidate advancement through the pipeline upon offer acceptance, as well as configure additional hiring stages under the Offer phase, which allows you to add and complete additional steps such as reference checks, background checks, or other steps before the candidate moves to "Hired." This article describes in detail what these Offer settings are and how to configure them for your organization.
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Offer stage admin settings are only available on **Plus** and **Enterprise** plans.
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# Navigating to Offer Settings
To locate your Offer Stage settings, navigate to `Admin` in the top menu bar, and then `Interviews & Scheduling` > `Offer Stage Configuration` from the left side menu.
On the following page, you'll see a list of general settings. Below we'll cover each setting and what it does.
# Offer Settings Definitions
| **Setting** | **Description** |
| -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Advance on Offer Accepted | Enable this setting to automatically advance candidates to the next stage in the interview plan when an offer is accepted. |
| Allow Additional Offer Stages | By default, the **Offer** section of the Interview Plan only contains one stage (the Offer stage) and is not editable. However, you can enable this setting if you'd like to add multiple stages within the **Offer **section. This is useful if you track post-offer steps like reference checks, background checks, or other approvals before a candidate is ultimately moved to the Hired stage.
You'll see the ability to add stages to the **Offer** section in both Interview Plans and Grouped Interview Plans once this is turned on.
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For more information on designing interview plans, see [Interview Plans](docId\:SJQDG-6gg32KbwjAKu1Ux) , or see [What is a grouped interview plan?](docId\:XnP0RKWlHBnUS04b4bZwq) for more information on grouped interview plans. |
| Mark Opening as Filled When... | Select `Offer Marked as Accepted` to mark the opening as filled when the offer is marked as accepted, or `Candidate Moved to Hired Stage `to perform this action when they have moved to the Hired stage. |
| Push Candidates to HRIS Integrations When... | This option only appears if you have selected the checkbox in **Integrations** > **HRIS Integrations** to "Automatically push hired candidates to HRIS integrations."
Select `Offer Marked as Accepted` to push candidates to your HRIS when the offer is marked as accepted, or `Candidate Moved to Hired Stage` to push them when they have moved to the Hired stage.
**Note: **Candidates must have an accepted offer to be pushed to the HRIS, regardless of the option selected. If a candidate is moved to Hired stage without an accepted offer, they will not be pushed to the HRIS even if "Moved to Hired" is set as the trigger here. |
| Hired Date When... | Select `Offer Marked as Accepted` to set their hire date when the offer is marked as accepted, or `Candidate Moved to Hired Stage` to perform this action when they have moved to the Hired stage.
**Note:** Regardless of what option is selected, this date is only populated in reports *after the candidate is explicitly moved to the Hired stage*. Even if you select "Offer Accepted" as the hired date, in reports, the candidate's hired date will show as null until they are moved to the Hired stage, and at that point that hired date will retroactively show the Offer Accepted date.
If you do not have `Allow Additional Offer Stages` enabled, the hired date will remain tied to offer accepted date. |