As a manager who might hire you, I would tack on some caution to this advice. This works for smaller businesses that can be flexible and are not really liable/

As a manager who might hire you, I would tack on some caution to this advice. This works for smaller businesses that can be flexible and are not really liable/viable targets for anything. Once a business gets even some traction and size, this becomes a wasted effort, if not an annoyance to the manager. Most of the time I choose not to respond as it's just the safest option for us, or I redirect the email to our HR. Most of the managers making the decisions do not do hiring as a full time job, it's just an aspect of their job. While it can be enjoyable, it's also very emotionally draining and physically taxing (non-stop interviews on top of regular responsibilities) and when people go outside of the normal process like this (and worse, raise a stink if you don't respond to their deviation well), it just adds more headaches for me. So the above advice might work sometimes, but be aware there is another side.