# Accidentally Copied On Her Own Rejection: 'Too Passive'

**[TRUE STORY]** — by Applicant · debt-collections role · via Daily Dot

A candidate for a role at a debt-collections firm was accidentally copied on the internal email deciding her fate: the hiring manager wrote that she seemed too passive for the assertiveness the job needed, and to pass on her - misspelling it 'seems to passive,' which is mostly what the thread ended up talking about. The consensus in the comments was brisk: being screened out of a collections desk for a shortage of ruthlessness is closer to a character reference than an insult.

*Source: [r/recruitinghell · via Daily Dot](https://dailydot.com/candidate-shares-screenshot-of-rejection-email-they-were-accidentally-included-on-after-interview-calling-them-too-passive)*
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