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I'm in a hiring position, and I would blacklist any candidate that wasted my time like this.

If you offered a position and, as described in TFA, they didn't show up then it seems obvious to me that this hypothetical candidate is not terribly bothered by your threats.

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True, but lives are long. It may come back to bite them next time they want a job, or the time after, or the time after that.

Plenty of fish in the sea. The odds are low.

When they apply a few years later, they will be. Burning bridges never works out in the long run.

And how many times have you had that happen in your career? I ask because after 35 years in the industry, I've never seen it happen no matter which side of the hiring desk I've been on. And to be specific, by "it" I mean someone burns a bridge and then applies to the same company in the future.

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