Reject applicants on your LinkedIn job post

Last updated: 8 months ago

Who can use this feature?

You can only do this if you’ve chosen to collect applicants through LinkedIn.

After you’ve posted a job on LinkedIn, you can reject candidates who’ve applied to your job post with or without a rejection message.

Important to know

This feature isn’t available for Recruiter Lite.

Important to know

To view all applicants, go to the Ratings dropdown filter and click the Not a fit checkbox.

To reject a job applicant:
  1. Click the Jobs icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.
  2. Click Manage job posts.
  3. Click the More icon next to the job title and select Manage Job.

  4. Click View applicants to view a list of current applicants.
  5. Click Rate as and select Not a fit to reject a candidate.

If you’ve enabled automated rejection emails using the Not a fit automations setting, the candidate will receive a rejection email after three days.

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