Negative Email assignment
Problem Scenario
You are a Vice President at a large technology company called Neology. You have been recently conducting a job search and interviewing for a new office manager. After three rounds of interviews, you have two strong candidates for the job: Blessing Okeke and Liu Daiyu. You now need to choose which one to hire. Once you’ve chosen which one to hire, your HR manager will get into contact with that person and begin onboarding them.
However, you will also need to tell the bad news to the rejected candidate in an email. As both candidates have been through a long interview process, it would be polite to tell the rejected candidate the news in as positive and friendly manner as possible. As well, since they are both strong candidates, you might want to remain in contact with the rejected candidate in case another job comes up.
Task
Your task is to write an email to the candidate who will not be getting the job of office manager. Your email will follow the negative email structure.
But which candidate will you reject? That is for you to decide!
Below are some of the job responsibilities, and some of the notes about each candidate from the interview process. Use these job responsibilities and the notes to help you build your email where you tell them why they didn’t get the job. Remember to be polite, positive, and you-focused. Don’t focus on what they did wrong – but also make it clear why they haven’t got the job! As well, don’t just copy what is written in the notes. Those notes are too negative.