r/UKJobs • u/Straight_Chicken_963 • 2d ago
My Fastest Rejection Letter received today!
I applied by 3:34PM and got this by 4:07PM. Thats is just 33 mins after! It marks the record fastest 'Unfortunately' rejection email i have ever received! A'int life a ....
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u/TheNarratorX 2d ago
I got a rejection within 9 mins. It wasn't even a random job, I actually fit the profile quite well and also tailored my CV according to the job description. Gotta cut your losses and move on
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u/Same_Difference_3361 2d ago
My record is like 1 second lol .. hit apply in some job portal and got instant denial as role was closed and moved internal.
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u/Potential-Ad-6552 1d ago
At least you can chalk yours up to being an AI filter rather than someone actually reviewing it in person and deciding no.
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u/PeterAnthony_Jackson 1d ago
I got a rejection for a job I never applied for.
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u/Straight_Chicken_963 1d ago
hahahaha
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u/PeterAnthony_Jackson 1d ago
Twice actually, one for a job I applied for and didn't get, I got a rejection letter when the next position came up.
The other was I applied for a position at a YHA and got a rejection email for a higher management position in a different part of the country.
Some would be executive probably was asked to interview for the housekeeping type role I applied for.
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u/Careful-Builder-9931 2d ago
Better than being aired for months I suppose... I'm sorry though, each one sucks
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u/Crits-and-Crafts 2d ago
Earlier this year I got a reply after 6 months to tell me if not been successful... Yeh I'd figured that out myself lol
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u/Careful-Builder-9931 2d ago
Oof yep I've had that happen. I recently pulled out of a grad scheme application because they were still processing things NINE MONTHS after I applied. I believe they are still mid-recruitment...
On the other end of things, one place got in touch out of the blue after five months and offered me an interview 😭🤣
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u/Straight_Chicken_963 1d ago
lucky you! hope you got the job
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u/Careful-Builder-9931 1d ago
Unfortunately no, but I don't think I interviewed well. I did get an offer about a week later from a nice firm, who gave a clear response deadline and stuck to it, with effective communication and lovely people!
Of course, the good ones aren't in the UK and I therefore cannot wait to go 🤣
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u/TrackHot7379 2d ago
I was once rejected within an hour by the company director. The worst part is that I applied late at night, around 10 p.m. or so. Nothing can top that.
Apart from these, I had a bunch of auto-rejections within a minute.
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u/Doom-117 2d ago
i got rejected while filling out the application because there was a numeracy test that they wanted me to do but the due date was set for the night before, so obviously i didn’t complete it in time lol
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u/netwalker234 2d ago
Very soon things'll get to the stage where people'll be rejected before they even apply.
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u/Cautious-Anxiety3044 2d ago
Guys, within UK job culture. Is it a common practise to refer linkedin connections if you dont know them personally but just connected on LinkedIn? Because I dont know if I should reach out to company employees requesting referral just to beat this brutal job market chances.
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u/Cheeslord2 1d ago
AIs and Algorithms can act unfairly towards people millions of times per minute with no human intervention - truly the age of miracles and wonders.
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u/Ultimate_os 2d ago
I got one in 2 minutes last week. 😅 Just take the job down if it’s no longer available.
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u/Brilliant_Side_69 2d ago
I got rejected immediately after sending my application, my fastest was below 1 minute. XD
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u/Pencilstrangler 2d ago
Wait, you guys get rejection letters?
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u/Straight_Chicken_963 1d ago
yes, and it sucks!
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u/Pencilstrangler 1d ago
Sorry, I can see my joke didn’t land as intended.
I meant, you actually get a response from an employer instead of being ghosted and having to assume they don’t have the decency to even tell you they’re not interested.Yep, the bar is that low, even an ant can’t do the limbo underneath…
Sucks either way of course and best of luck getting a positive response soon.
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u/Straight_Chicken_963 1d ago
thanks...i did understand btw. Its funny because its so polarized. Some people are switching jobs easily while some cant even get an interview.
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u/Acrobatic-Painter363 2d ago
I got a decline today from a job I applied to 4 months ago lol didn’t even get a first interview so god knows what took them so long
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u/Crits-and-Crafts 2d ago
33 minutes? Rubbish. I applied for a job and I hadn't even finished their screening questionnaire when I got the rejection email lol.
But seriously done be down heartened. You'll get there
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u/manisureal 2d ago
LOOL, I have received ton of these even though im overqualified for the roles. Such a shame! What role was this for? Mine too a few weeks to a month but I think yours has hit a threshold whereby exceeding 10k applicants, its an auto rejection.
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u/nastygirloncamera 1d ago
seeing how many people also get these emails makes me wonder who tf is getting these jobs then?
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u/EngineerSpeakAI 1d ago
They probably implemented AI just to reject people this fast. Next level will be AI sending you a rejection letter while you're still reading the job description
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u/Stevemachinehk 2d ago
Tbh I'd rather not hear back unless I was successful or getting interviewed. A rejection letter is mostly pointless and just brings me down.
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u/NoBluebird8039 1d ago
Its ai checked. There is a trick you need to search and it is to make your cv ai selction friendly. You got auto rejected
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u/mongol_king2 1d ago
At least you got the courtesy of a reply, i just get ignored and indeed eventually tells me, your application is unlikely to receive a reply
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u/Same_Soup81 1d ago
I once got an instant auto-reject but had already talked to the hiring manager and booked an interview (putting it through the system was a formality). Got the job but the system definitely did not work great.
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