To feel a bit annoyed this is why I got rejected?

🤣🤣🤣.its true, why go for a coffee with a friend or work mate and not, say "I'll pay this and you next?". My dad's a weirdo, he IS loaded and when I take him things, fish, fancy cornish salt, cakes..."how much do I owe you?" NOTHING ffs. Found it on the back of a lorry, god!!

🤣🤣👏👏 username made me laugh, love it! I would message or email the hiring manager saying in a professional way " dear bawbag, thanks so much for the interview and getting to know you and the intel of the position, I did, indeed like the prospects, but the company five doors down the road offered me a better deal, with a family i really have to take this anyway.

If you think I will pay 3.70 for a coffee for you and your boring fake chat then you can swing hen.. bolt...bring a flask like the rest of us. Posh fucker!.

Also im just 5 doors down if you want a nescafe like the rest of us workers 😉.

Please dont ask for the 3.70 when you pop in to my new job in front of my new employers..that would be a bit embarrassing for you.

Kind regards.

I’m amazed when I read on MN about people splitting the cost of coffee on a date, or someone referring to a friend or relative “owing them £3 for coffee” or whatever, but this is shocking! The hiring manager can surely just expense it?!

Tell them the money is with you waiting for them to collect it. Tell them it’s about £250 on the train but it might be cheaper if they drive.

Five interviews is so ridiculous. You dodged a bullet anyway.

I’d send it without a tamp and they’d have to pay the charge!!

Tell them to shove their coffee up their arse.

Bunch of cunts.

Also 5 interviews is ridiculous.

Sounds like a lucky escape to me. I would assume that the hiring manager could've claimed the coffee back on expenses.

Having spent many years as an EA in a large multinational, when it came to final interviews for senior roles, we would cover the travel costs for extensive travel. We've covered the travel costs of many candidates over the years.

You say seemingly. What did they say?

I work in the government and nonprofit sector. There are strict rules about gifts. I would still expect travel to likely be covered. I absolutely would expect the host organization to pay for all food and beverage for the day.

taking the person being interviewed out for lunch or coffee is part of the process.

Hang on, did they say the coffee thing was part of the reason for rejecting you, or just ask you to pay for it?

I mean, either way it's outrageous. If she wanted you to pay for your own, she should have stood aside at the cafe and said, 'I'm just paying for the team' or something, or used her words after you'd ordered and she'd paid to ask you for the money back. Which is still tight as fuck, obviously, but at least it's clear.

I think you've dodged a bullet.

I don’t think so, we reimbursed the undergrads who came for interview, everyone else was under their own steam - if coffee/lunch/dinner was part of it that would have been covered.

Not in a job interview situation where they have suggested you go for the coffee so you didn’t have a choice. One doesn’t usually expect to take one’s own drinks to a job interview.

When i was a teenager I applied for a job at a well known American themed restaurant. They sent me a letter but with no stamp so I had to pay a couple of pounds, only to find it was a rejection letter

That’s not right. They determined you should go for coffee, not you, so they should pay. Any decent company would also pay your travel expenses. You should ask them to, and if they refuse find a way to publicise this story on LinkedIn via a friend so it doesn’t mention your name. Hell, I’ll do it for you if you want me to.

Disgraceful behaviour from this company and you dodged a bullet. What a horrible bunch of arse wipes. Feed back? Ask why you're out of pocket but expected to pay for one coffee. Go f yourselves.

WHAT!!!! You dodged that bullet. Maybe that was the test. Don’t pay, and tell them why.

This. If you don’t want to out yourself publicly the post a review on Glassdoor - the absolute cheek of them!! Be glad you didn’t get the job.

This definitely did not happen

I'm a bit confused. The thread title indicates that you are cross that you were rejected for not paying for your coffee. But then you say :-

Today I received a call from HR saying I was rejected, but mentioning I owe the hiring manager £3.70 for a coffee.

which seems to suggest that this isn't the case.

Could you please clarify this?. Thank you!

Send them an invoice for the train tickets, 5 hours of your time, minus a coffee. Bastards.

This

But yes, I think the post is made up. Travel expenses for interviews are usually reimbursed, aren't they?

Cheeky! Having said that, though, if I was with anyone who asked what I wanted to drink in a coffee shop or somewhere I would never make any assumptions that they were offering to actually pay for it. I'd always say "Thanks, how much do I owe you?" when I'd received it. I thought everyone did that?

Send them an invoice for the cost of rail travel minus the coffee cost!

if someone asks what you want in that scenario , they are implying they are payingz huge bullet dodge. … also whilst you may not want to name the company, maybe the city and the line of the business may help someone else consider if they’ve been in the same positions with the same company!!