Hey everyone, I could not find this in older threads but was wondering how to nicely decline an interview. I know this is probably a silly question but what is a suggested good response to an email inviting you to an interview...thanks!
Also consider letting the program know as soon are you're certain you will be declining their interview invitation. It's courteous to the program and your fellow applicants as it allows time to offer the interview slot to somebody else. Cancelling a day or two before, while not as bad as just not showing up, still isn't ideal.
As far as the hotel room goes, yes. Same approach. They should be able to cancel the hotel room for you if they are taking care of the booking. Some places may ask you to cancel it.
Just communicate with them in a polite and respectful manner and everything will be fine.
Similar question: what do you do if you receive an interview invitation from a program you really like but all the dates provided are taken up by other program interviews? Is it inappropriate to ask to switch the other program to another date? Is that like essentially saying "You're a backup and something better has come along, but hang on, in case this doesn't work out"?
Similar question: what do you do if you receive an interview invitation from a program you really like but all the dates provided are taken up by other program interviews? Is it inappropriate to ask to switch the other program to another date? Is that like essentially saying "You're a backup and something better has come along, but hang on, in case this doesn't work out"?