Should You Decline An Interview?

What if you decide to decline an interview and choose not to continue interviewing for a job that you no longer want even though the company wants to interview you again?

Maybe you have decided that you no longer want the job and don't see the point in going back for another interview.

Perhaps the money isn't exactly what you wanted.

Maybe the hiring manager is someone you've decided you don’t want to work for.

Really, there could be many reasons why you decide not to continue on with an interview process.

Since I don't know the specific situation you're facing I won't give you advice as to whether or not you should continue on with a specific interview process except to say this:

Before you decline an interview, be 100% sure that you're basing your decision to decline the interview on facts and not on hearsay or information that isn't accurate.

As a recruiter, I've seen cases where a job candidate turns down an interview based on negative things that their friends have told them about a specific company and many times, the information is baseless opinion, not fact.

To be honest, I'll try to tell the person that their reason for turning down the interview is not reasonable and sometimes I'll succeed in getting them to change their mind.

But in other cases, sometimes you just can't reason with someone once they have a thought in their head, even if the thought is inaccurate.

Moral Of The Story?

Before you decline an interview for a job, be 100% sure that your reason for turning it down is correct.

Even if you're 99% sure you don't want the job, how much harm is there going back for another interview to ensure that your decision is 100% correct?

Who knows, you might go back for another interview and find out that in fact this is the job you're looking for and is the company you want to work for.