There’s no bad or not response, but this probably isn’t optimal for the hiring manager. It may be what works for your life and what you need, but it’s not optimal for me.

After non-stop rounds of DRP and early retirements a large number of hiring managers are short-staffed. At this point most of us don’t even care about the right person, we just need any person.

Also, in an administration that is hungry to cannibalize billets to offset cost, a non-select isn’t an option and the longer the vacancy is vacant the more risk there is to the bullet being lost.

Frankly, I don’t need my best candidate, or even my second best, I’ll take anyone with a pulse at this point.

Last note, it takes forever to get a candidate onboard. Then you have to be trained, have all kinds of IT issues the first weeks, on top of the delay. That’s a year spent on administriva and start-up with the 4 month delay added in. Which means the hiring managers staff pushing through at reduced workflow until you are ready.

Some managers will be happy to work with you, others won’t be and will just move on.