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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MB here.  Just say thank you so much for the offer but you've accepted another position.

If they ask why that one and not theirs (I would ask) then you can say that the other job felt like a better fit for you.  I have no problem with the fit answer - I think that can be really true for all kinds of jobs and I respect someone experienced enough to know what the best "fit" for them is.

If there is helpful feedback you can/want to offer them, and that they seem to want to hear, you can consider doing that, but otherwise just be pleasant, brief, and professional.[/quote]

It's NONE of your business to ask the candidate WHY she did not pick your family.[/quote]

Jeez.  Hostile much?  If I make an offer of a job to someone and they turn me down I always try to understand why.  Was my offer not competitive?  Was the job not interesting?  Was it an issue of a better offer/fit somewhere else that we can't help or is there something I can do to make us more attractive, assuming you're the person I really want to hire of course.

I have been interviewing and hiring people for the past 15 years.  This is just good business practice - sometimes I learn something valuable when a candidate turns me down.  Of course they are under zero obligation to tell me anything, nor am I under any obligation to give feedback on how someone interviews.  But sometimes it's useful and worth a conversation.

As a first time parent hiring a nanny my learning curve was steep - I learned a lot from the nannies I interviewed.  And if I had been turned down by someone I really liked I would have wanted to know if there was something I needed to do to be more competitive or attractive.

Calm down.[/quote]

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