Seeking advice: I am director of recruitment for a third party recruiting company. I interviewed someone Thursday for a COO position at one of the companies and was then to present him to the company. The candidate had a $200 chocolate tray delivered to my apt door on Friday - he had asked someone in the community for our address to say thank you. I was uncomfortable with that and planned to email today saying ‘thank you but unnecessary’. I feel it was aggressive and a little bribery. (Cont)

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Nice gesture, as long as it’s not at the doorstep of my house we’re good. I would say something along the lines of

“Hi X, (insert brief update on the position here). Additionally I want to say I appreciate the gift you sent, it was a nice gesture; however I would politely ask that you hold off on future gifts. It is nothing personal, but to ensure a fair and equitable hiring process we are unable to take gifts from candidates”.

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Exactly. Like, if it was to my office it would have been excessive but not a red flag. But it was to my house.
This is perfect - thank you. I am using this format right now.

How about… “Thanks so much for the gift. It definitely wasn’t necessary, but I appreciate it. The company is already excited to meet with you and we’re impressed with XYZ…”. Don’t overthink it

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I like that thank you.
I am overthinking the part where I want to show him it had no impact on my presentation and also why would you go get my personal address.

(Cont). I then asked a friend (because this stranger has my address now) in the community if she knew the guy/family and she vouched for their go-getter personalities, they are very involved in the community and make things happen. She agreed it was funky but she confirmed he isn’t a crazy psycho.
In the meantime, my meeting with the company today ended with them very much wanting to meet him.
Any advice on how to navigate/word an email that says that was weird to do but also they want to meet you?

Don't say it was weird. Don't acknowledge it. Introduce him to the company.

It appears that you both did the same thing. Both asked for outside information. 1) He asked someone for your address 2) You asked a third party about personal details of someone outside of a work setting. I agree with @PWC1 with the approach.

I understand. I asked because I was really worried about the fact that he had my address now. I was already awaiting confirmation for interview from the company and planned no further thought about him. (I just edited the post to clarify that, thank you for pointing it out)

Enjoy the chocolate and don’t let it influence your decision making.

I’d be uncomfortable but I don’t think there is much upside to saying anything.

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