If you completely blow your interview and the recruiter schedules a call to connect, and you know this is a rejection, how do you prepare for that? I can be positive but I know how bad the interview went. It’s one of those where I’d like them to send an email and get it over with. 🤦🏽‍♂️

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I've never had a recruiter call to reject. They either ghost or email. Maybe it didn't go as bad as you think.

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PwC definitely calls to reject. 😌 but fret not, take it as a learning opportunity (feedback from the interviewers) and thank them for their time and consideration.

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In 20 years, I’ve never heard anyone or personally had a recruiter call to reject.

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Do you mean that you had an interview with a hiring manager or a final round and then the recruiter scheduled a follow up? Or did you just start with the initial recruiter call?

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I just had a recruiter call to reject this morning. They were super nice, but yeah just bombed an interview with some not so great people so I didn’t care to follow up.

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I don’t answer the phone. They will send you an email recapping. It gives you a bit of psychological distance if the news isn’t what you wanted.

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