Quick question about declining interviews

[Swtfrk]

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Hey all I just have a quick question about declining interviews - is it necessary to contact the program and let them know that I do not wish to schedule an interview, or can I just "ignore" their invitation and have them not put me down for an interview date?

I know it's courteous/mandatory to let them know if you're planning to cancel after accepting an interview offer, but I'm a little less clear on what's appropriate in this situation.

 

[michigangirl]

Hey all I just have a quick question about declining interviews - is it necessary to contact the program and let them know that I do not wish to schedule an interview, or can I just "ignore" their invitation and have them not put me down for an interview date?

I know it's courteous/mandatory to let them know if you're planning to cancel after accepting an interview offer, but I'm a little less clear on what's appropriate in this situation.

I'm a little removed from the process but I would think a polite, short email declining the invite would be the right thing to do. It can't hurt, and it enables the program to decide if they want to extend another invite out to someone else to make sure they have interviewed enough people. Let them. know. Don't ignore it.

 

[fakin' the funk]

I'm a little removed from the process but I would think a polite, short email declining the invite would be the right thing to do. It can't hurt, and it enables the program to decide if they want to extend another invite out to someone else to make sure they have interviewed enough people. Let them. know. Don't ignore it.

+1

In the interview process it's always good to be transparent and give the other party plenty of time with cancellations/rescheduling.

In this case a "thank you for the invitation but I will decline, thank you and best of luck" will suffice.

 

[amyl]

for your fellow classmates you should definitely politely decline as soon as you know you will not want to go.... at this stage of the game there is definitely someone waiting to take your place.

 

[Surfer]

Hey all I just have a quick question about declining interviews - is it necessary to contact the program and let them know that I do not wish to schedule an interview, or can I just "ignore" their invitation and have them not put me down for an interview date?

I know it's courteous/mandatory to let them know if you're planning to cancel after accepting an interview offer, but I'm a little less clear on what's appropriate in this situation.

time to start acting like a physician. be polite and inform them you are not planning on interviewing there. its polite to the program, and polite to other applicants who are waiting to get an invitation. this should be common sense by now...