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Post-Assessment Rejection Email
A kind, specific rejection email for candidates who completed an assessment but weren't selected. Offers optional score feedback.
Post-Assessment Rejection Email
Subject: Your application for [Role] at [Company]
Hi [First name],
Thank you for investing the time to complete our skills assessment for the [Role] position. Your effort was not lost on us — we know these assessments take real focus.
After careful review alongside the other candidates in this round, we've decided to move forward with a candidate whose profile more closely matches what we're looking for at this specific moment. This decision is not a comment on your capabilities — these decisions are almost always close calls between strong people.
If you'd like a brief summary of how your assessment scored, reply to this email and we'll share it. We're also happy to keep you in mind for future openings — just let us know.
We genuinely wish you the best, and hope our paths cross again.
Warmly,
[Recruiter name]
[Company]