Am I Burning the Bridges with the Company? [closed]

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

Company A booked a hotel one week before the interview for me. However, I recently received an offer from company B and already accepted it.

I heard that people should not continue to interview after accepting an offer, so I send an email to cancel the interview with company A two days before the interview. I didn't realize this might burn the bridges between company A because they already made a reservation for the hotel. I thought reservation for hotel can be canceled when I wrote the email. Now, I am not sure if the reservation is refundable for company A. Am I burning the bridges with company A?

I do feel bad if I unintentionally burned the bridges. Any comments will be appreciated.

manpreet 2 years ago

Relax.

In the grand scheme of things, the cost of a b.com/tag/hotel">hotel is very minor compared to the cost of finding the right person to hire.

It sounds like you did everything right - you set up an interview with A, got the job with B (you do have a signed offer letter including salary and start dates, right), then contacted A to cancel.

It would have been unprofessional to waste A's time interviewing for a job you knew you weren't going to accept.

It would have been unprofessional (& personally irresponsible) to cancel the interview with A before you were firmly committed to B - if that had happened and the job with B fell through, you might not have either job.