to wonder if this "mistake" is a test?

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I e-mailed someone for more details of a job I was interested in. We had an exchange of several e-mails, ending with me sending my CV, so by the time that was all settled, there was quite a "trail" of messages.

Now I've had another e-mail from him inviting me to an interview - but there's a different "trail" attached to it, in which he exchanges a few messages with someone who is clearly another hopeful for the job. From the way she introduced herself she is probably better qualified than me. We have completely different names and e-mail addresses. DS thinks he must have had both e-mails open and has accidentally forwarded an e-mail from the other woman with a new message at the top for me, rather than replying to mine. But wouldn't he then have had to manually put in my address, which makes it hard to do absent-mindedly?

I couldn't decide what to do so I just replied to the main message saying I would be able to go. Now I keep wondering whether the "mistake" was deliberate to test my integrity - whether I should have let him know that he'd attached something I might not have been meant to read. I could still do that now but maybe it would look odd to have waited so long (I confirmed that I could go last night).

Any thoughts - are am I just overthinking this?

You're overthinking.

He's probably pretty embarrassed he did that (not to mention worried about GDPR breech), so probably grateful you haven't mentioned it.

My DH constantly thinks these thing are 'tests'. He's yet to be proved right. You're overthinking, I'd say. Good luck with the job.

Thanks. I'll leave it alone.

That's appalling! Personally I wouldn't want to work for an organisation that were so lax about protecting personal data, and would be considering withdrawing my application.

I would definitely raise it with them, particularly in light of the introduction of GDPR. You could say that you took time to consider what to do about it, hence the delay.

Urgh, thanks op, I did this once and thought I'd forgotten about it so thanks for bringing it back into my mind for me to die 20 times over again !

Overthinking. It's an easy (but bloody daft) mistake to make.

Definitely not a test, it's a GDPR breach and Not Allowed. Mail back and tell them, also say you've deleted the email as soon as you saw. They'll be falling over themselves when they find out.

Also don't be too concerned about the other person's apparent better qualifications - she may be bullshitting, or may turn out to be terrible at interview. Not your problem anyway. Give it a confident go.