Interview follow-up protocol

Hi Community,

I would like your opinion on the follow.

We interviewed a candidate last Thursday (the day of the heatwave), it was for a senior position.  The interview went well but neither myself nor my colleague were ‘blown away’, however the candidate has since followed up with an email explaining that he doesn’t feel that he did himself any justice during the interview and had been affected by the heat.

On paper he is an ideal candidate and has come highly recommended.  However, on the day he was a little lack lustre.  The manager that I interviewed with thinks that the heat is a poor excuse and the follow up email has confirmed in their opinion that this person isn’t right for our organisation.

My question is, in general what is your opinion of follow up emails such as these from a candidate?

Thanks.

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  • I'm biased, I did exactly this and got the job! (I came across as 'boring' apparently :D )

    Although it would depend on the situation, to be fair I can well imagine the heat affected the candidate. I noticed quite a few of us in here weren't functioning 100% on that day (lacked lustre, if you will), not even 50% at some points, add to that a stressful situation...

    Saying that, we don't have air con here, if your offices were pretty cool then it might be an excuse.
  • Thanks Samantha,
    Great to hear that the follow up worked for you.
    I'm a believer in the second chance (under certain circumstances of course), I can't say hand on heart, that we were 100% ourselves!
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