Hi Guys,
I had 2 jobs interview, job number 1 had offer me a job and i already accept the offer. Job number 2 i had passed the first interview, now they call me in for the final round of interview. But i already had accept the offer with job number 1 and i dont want to disapoint them so how do i politely reject the interview?
Thanks in advance :)
@at91: Job B sounds like a better opportunity and its a better experience for your future careers. Did you manage to ask or have a gauge on how often the after hour phone calls would be? E.g. once a week, once a month, etc?
Did this new information change your mind?
@Succulent: once whole week every 2 months and you get paid extra, the second interview that changed my mind because i can see i am dealing with different type of issues and gain more knowledge with different area in IT ( networking, application, server..) after hours on call is depend because if you cant make it, there will be some guys in the team to do it (more money i guess)
@at91: This sounds like a very good offer, considering the significant $$$ extra. The extra funds will be good for the new additions to your bigger family too.
I would say go for it with hassle of maybe disappointing those who helped you with Job A. If they are good friends they would understand and in fact would recommend you to take this role at Job B too.
There are a lot of good inputs in this thread too about how to turn down Job A professionally given this new information and preference with Job B. At the end follow your heart (and your mind) and what you think would be best for you and your family.
I am also agree with you on not trying to get Job A to beat Job B salary offer. Even if Job A ended up trying to match the salary (which is less likely given the differences in $$$), i would personally go with job B due to the career progression and potentially even more money from the after hour works.
All the best!
Just say no
You ain’t going and that’s that, you are your own person right?
Or tell them you will go if they are willing to double the salary offer
Email them.
Ref: MrHyde comment for format.
Do not entertain them. I had similar experience. I told them I want to pursue current opportunity and we can chat again after 6 months. He kept on forcing to appear on second round … and I stick to my commitment.
Why did you accept the lower paying job first without seeing how the other interview would pan out?
Job A interviewed me first and quickly offer the position within 1 week and then job B call me to interview 1-2 days after the offer of job a
Fair enough, you gotta try and drag it out a bit when this happens haha
I understand this, he would not want to risk it.
if you have not physically started at job A, then i would still interview for job B, especially if its of more interested to you and has better pay.
Tell job B you've been accepted at job A and and ask them to offer a better pay if they want you to join. Then sign with job up with Job B and call job A and tell them you've accepted a job with job B and ask them to offer you a better pay if they want you to join. Then call..
You see where this is going.
nah i dont want to do that. i feel bad with job A that had people help me during the time with the interview
you can still go for it since they insist on seeing you. no harm trying unless you really sure you with the first company. i had the same experience, eventually i ended up with the 2nd company as they really liked me and offered me a higher pay. i had to go back to first company and rejected their offer.
You shouldn't let feeling bad for Job A influence your decision. If I were you I would have taken both interviews and weigh up the options, possible leveraging Job A salary against Job B. However, since you seem to have made up your mind with the no on call and reduced hours, plus you know people on the team. Tell them the truth that the benefits of the other job I had accepted were better(not mentioning the pay difference or any specifics) or that the job suited your young family better and thank them for their time, saying that you didn't want to waste their time by doing the interview and wishing them luck in finding a suitable candidate.
Say sorry but I have taken another job.
Or go to the interview and if they do offer you a position, say you have thought about it and would be willing to take the position for x amount of dollars.
Where:
x = the amount of dollars you would preferably earn over dissapointing job 1
Just ghost them.
You could put the opportunity to attend on Airtasker for a Percentage of 1st year of Salary paid to you if they are the Successful Candidate.
Go to the 2nd interview and ask them to offer you 10k more than Job 1
they already told me the salary which i calculate around 26k more than job A a year
Then take job B, no brainer mate
After working in Job B for 1 year and gaining experience, jump ship to another company for 20k more
Loyalty does not get rewarded in companies. That is the hard truth. I wish someone told me that when I started my corporate career 9 years ago.
This changes things a little. You need to look after your wife and new baby. I took a pay cut larger than this to change jobs during Covid, and the difference is even starker than I imagined. The higher you start, the higher you finish.
This is really a huge difference. You also say that it has more opportunities to learn. I would seriously consider this job, but see if you can learn more about the organisation and much people like working there. While your wife and child will need your support the additional funds will mean you can and should pay for them. People rejecting jobs happens all the time and everyone understands that is how the game is played. Still try to do it nicely and you may even be able to work there in the future. Regarding your friend - he/she should really be happy that you can secure a better job and as others have said there are risks to working with friends.
Ex HR Manager.
If $AdditionalRemuneration - $ValueOfFriendship > 0
then GoToInterview();
else DontGoToInterview();
i did went to interview, understand the role more which is more complex and good opportunity to grow and learn more than the job A. also much much higher paid than job A.
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nice problem to have. I was in a similar situation a few years back. I just called the hiring manager and explained that I have accepted an offer from another organisation, and thanked her for the opportunity.
Speaking of overthinking this is a prime example..
The most respectful way to reject an interview is be honest and tell them you have decided to take another offer. Simple as that.
"I have been successful in another application and will be withdrawing my application for this role.
Thank you for your time,
Andy"
I think you are overthinking it. Just pick the one you want.
Tell them "sorry I've been OzBargained"
I got into similar situation few hears ago
Wednesday - Company A - Cleared Intervew (verbally confirmed) waiting for Job Offer
Thursday - Company B - interviewed and I told them I will be getting offer soon, so they need to be quick if they want to hire me.
Thursday evening Company-A presented a sent an offer and wanted me to join on Monday. Which I accepted.
Friday - Company-B came back with their offer, to which I replied I am no more available. They insisted they need and can put more money on table. I ended up negotiating 30k more than Company-A.
After, accepting Company-B offer, i sent out an email to A that I wont be joining as I got much better.
A hr tried to convince me that I have accepted the offer and I should not do this however, I refered to their offer saying they will fire me anytime within first 30 days if I dont perform as per their expectation.
30k was a huge difference, and I am glad I made qood decision by acceptig company B.
After 3 years HR/managers who interviewed me from company A have already changed multiple jobs.
At the long run it does mot matter to them/their companies.
The first comment in this post sums it up. It also indirectly tells them to improve the efficiency of their selection process since they potentially lost a good candidate (and part of their recruitment/ selection budget) because it seems that they took too long to respond and are expecting the candidate to just sit on their hands and wait for them to respond. Well tough luck for them.
I hope you are paying them for their effort in turning up. Most good employers pay candidates a set about for their effort
Candidate get paid for their effort to come to interview? I never heard about this but sounds like a good company to work at. :)
Tricky going back on your acceptance, will likely burn bridges with company A, including with the people you know there who you may encounter in other companies in future, but it does sound like more opportunities with company B.
Just be honest and respectful, and tell them you already accepted the offer. If the company is good, they will take this as a lesson learnt as why they need a second interview to delay their recuritment.
This type of things happens all the time. Employees has right to accept and reject offers.
Hi guys, i know this sound very stupid but after 2 weeks, i have accept the job A offer and currently working for 2 weeks now. i turn down the offer for job B due to the family issue but since i join the company A, i feel like im going backward in my career because they put me on to the helpdesk role when i start which is not what they offered but he said it will be temporary for few weeks to get me understand the company policy and procedure.
-the helpdesk role is too easy for me as they dont need to train me and i can start doing some calls at the first day at work. i start getting stress because i dont want to be on the helpdesk role which is on the phone all the time
-the team leader at company B message me asking how am i going with the job and mentioned there will be opportunity soon in the team and finger cross he will get me in again.
Thank you for the update. Funny how things turn out.
yes unfortunately how things turn out not the same ways that i expected but keep my heads up and trying my best everyday
@Succulent: i went for interview for job B and now they offer me a position as onsite support officer with required hands on experience like level 2-3 support so i can learn and develop more skills while the job A is help desk level 1 which is on the phone all the time and sometimes level 2 (resetting password, account lockout, citrix issue..)
-job A - public sector job with lower salary but i already accept the offer and police check, account created already and will start soon. i know most of the guys in the team so very comfotable working with them, very good working enviroment. fixed term full time for 6 months (renew or perminant at the end if the person dont come back to the role)
job B - not for profit organisation with much higher paid - fixed term full time for 12 months (renew or perminant if the person dont come back to the role)