Email job that already rejected you?
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 11:40 pm
I applied to a job a few months ago. I went through the entire interview process. I needed a response by a certain date because I had an outstanding offer for another position. I wasn’t sold on that position, but I wanted to have all potential offers on the table before deciding.
I told the firm I’m interested in that I had the offer on the table and needed to know (this was 2-3 weeks after my interview, so I assumed they sent an offer to someone else and I was just waiting for my rejection). The firm was looking to hire ASAP (filling an associate position for someone who just left), so I thought it’d be fine to bring up the other offer 2-3 weeks after.
As I expected, the firm got back to me and told me that they were not in a position to move forward with me at that time and didn’t want to stand in the way of another offer.
I didn’t end up taking the other offer, and the firm doesn’t look like it hired anyone (still no one on the firm’s page - always possible that they have someone starting 1/1, I guess). I still regret not letting the process end on the firm’s terms (i.e., potential offer if the first person rejected) because I strongly preferred it over the other offer.
I’m wondering if it’s so wrong to reach out to recruiting. I know it’s really unorthodox to reach out again, but I’m wondering if anyone has done so in the past (after getting rejected). I know I’ll probably never be able to apply to the firm again if this goes poorly, but I doubt there will be another opening in this group for a few years, at which point I’ll be too senior to lateral that easily (small group, low attrition).
I told the firm I’m interested in that I had the offer on the table and needed to know (this was 2-3 weeks after my interview, so I assumed they sent an offer to someone else and I was just waiting for my rejection). The firm was looking to hire ASAP (filling an associate position for someone who just left), so I thought it’d be fine to bring up the other offer 2-3 weeks after.
As I expected, the firm got back to me and told me that they were not in a position to move forward with me at that time and didn’t want to stand in the way of another offer.
I didn’t end up taking the other offer, and the firm doesn’t look like it hired anyone (still no one on the firm’s page - always possible that they have someone starting 1/1, I guess). I still regret not letting the process end on the firm’s terms (i.e., potential offer if the first person rejected) because I strongly preferred it over the other offer.
I’m wondering if it’s so wrong to reach out to recruiting. I know it’s really unorthodox to reach out again, but I’m wondering if anyone has done so in the past (after getting rejected). I know I’ll probably never be able to apply to the firm again if this goes poorly, but I doubt there will be another opening in this group for a few years, at which point I’ll be too senior to lateral that easily (small group, low attrition).