>A face-to-face or phone call might be be considered more appropriate by some, but on the other hand, would you really want to have to reject someone face-to-fa

>A face-to-face or phone call might be be considered more appropriate by some, but on the other hand, would you really want to have to reject someone face-to-face if it were the case that you didn't want to give them the job? >I think the idea is that a text is easy to send and doesn't involve enough effort, so its sort of an insult to use it for that. Rejecting someone over text is just plain rude, and it gives the impression that you're trying to avoid them. It's not about the 'easy to send', it's about asymmetric communication - you want it to be a conversation between the two of you, not you notifying them. I'd be just as insulted if I was rejected over email instead of text though. Exception might be if you're rejecting them before you had any interaction (i.e. based on CV/written enquiry, not call/interview).