[header] How to reject a job candidate [title] Confirm the hiring of the new employee. [step] Check with the human resources department to ensure that all appropriate contracts and paperwork have been signed. If the hiring process is less formal, verify with the candidate that he has accepted the terms of employment. 
[title] Inform rejected candidates within a timely fashion. [step] After hiring someone else for the position, notify rejected candidates within 2 days after the hiring decision has been made.