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Client communication · Managing emotional clients

A hiring manager is furious that their top candidate accepted a competing offer and blames your team's speed. Walk me through the conversation.

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I'd let the anger land before defending anything — 'You're right to be frustrated; we lost a great candidate' — because a hiring manager mid-loss doesn't hear process explanations.…

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