--- title: While we were impressed with your background, we have... description: A satirical take on job rejection emails, highlighting the frustration of receiving generic rejection messages while suspecting nepotism or unfair hiring... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/while-we-were-impressed-with-your-background-we-have-chosen-to-move-forward-with-another-candidate--t4pybq1v1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: While we were impressed with your background, we have chosen to move forward with another candidate… (the HR decided to hire her nephew) https://t.co/jBO2qgbpoD | daily.dev og:description: A satirical take on job rejection emails, highlighting the frustration of receiving generic rejection messages while suspecting nepotism or unfair hiring... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/while-we-were-impressed-with-your-background-we-have-chosen-to-move-forward-with-another-candidate--t4pybq1v1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/t4pYBQ1v1.png og:image:alt: While we were impressed with your background, we have chosen to move forward with another candidate… (the HR decided to hire her nephew) https://t.co/jBO2qgbpoD og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [ℏεsam](https://daily.dev/sources/hesamation) [Read on](https://api.daily.dev/r/t4pYBQ1v1) Feb 16 • From x.com  ℏεsam @hesamation While we were impressed with your background, we have chosen to move forward with another candidate… (the HR decided to hire her nephew) https://t.co/jBO2qgbpoD Comment Bookmark Copy Share your thoughts Post [](https://daily.dev/sources/hesamation) [ℏεsam](https://daily.dev/sources/hesamation "https://daily.dev/sources/hesamation") 1 Followers • 8 Upvotes #### Would you recommend this post? Copy link Slack WhatsApp Facebook X New Squad Copy linkShare with your friends ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"While we were impressed with your background, we have chosen to move forward with another candidate…\n\n(the HR decided to hire her nephew)\n https://t.co/jBO2qgbpoD","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/while-we-were-impressed-with-your-background-we-have-chosen-to-move-forward-with-another-candidate--t4pybq1v1","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/while-we-were-impressed-with-your-background-we-have-chosen-to-move-forward-with-another-candidate--t4pybq1v1"},"datePublished":"2026-02-16T17:42:43.859Z","dateModified":"2026-02-16T17:42:51.972Z","description":"A satirical take on job rejection emails, highlighting the frustration of receiving generic rejection messages while suspecting nepotism or unfair hiring...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--0_ODbtD2--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2008","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--0_ODbtD2--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2008","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"ℏεsam","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ℏεsam","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/c00a45b4a150440fb2bdb38adc8d0513","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hesamation"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/while-we-were-impressed-with-your-background-we-have-chosen-to-move-forward-with-another-candidate--t4pybq1v1","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"career"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ℏεsam","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hesamation"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"While we were impressed with your background, we have chosen to move forward with another candidate…\n\n(the HR decided to hire her nephew)\n https://t.co/jBO2qgbpoD"}]} ```