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A comment on Ask HN: What's a polite way to say “I'm not interested” after interviewing?.

Re:Ask HN: What's a polite way to say “I'm not interested” a... by chrisbennet on Friday March 27, 2015 @02:27PM (#9278165)
This is what I wrote to the last place I rejected:

"I thought about it last night and I’ve decided not to go forward with the position.

Thank you for the considerable time and effort you went to on my behalf and I feel bad that it wasn’t more fruitful. I really appreciate that you even considered me."

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Re:Ask HN: What's a polite way to say “I'm not interested” a... by gesman on Friday March 27, 2015 @03:02PM (#9278377)
Remove "on my behalf and I feel bad that it wasn’t more fruitful"

Replace "that you even considered me" with "your time".

Watch for any signs of self-diminishing thoughts such as stating that your time is being less important than other's time.

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