When you invite candidates directly (single or bulk), you can give each invited candidate a completion deadline. Their interview link stops accepting submissions after the deadline.
How to set a deadline on an invite
Open the Invite candidates form.
Toggle Completion deadline on.
Pick a date and timezone.
Send the invitation.
Where the deadline shows
In the invitation email body, inline.
On the candidate-facing landing page.
On the Finish later screen.
On the candidate row in your candidates list, with a Deadline passed badge once the deadline lapses.
In any reminder emails the candidate receives.
What happens at the deadline
The candidate's link stops accepting their submission.
A 24-hour warning modal fires if they try to leave the screening with less than a day remaining.
Their candidate row shows a Deadline passed badge.
Things to know
The Completion deadline form fields reset between invitations, so a previous deadline doesn't carry over to the next candidate.
The timezone picker uses IANA names like Europe/Warsaw, and handles DST automatically.
Past dates are blocked at validation.
If you use custom email templates, the deadline still appears via the new {deadline_date} merge tag, with a fallback block for templates that don't include the tag.