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Candidate-comms writing test
Explain the order in "Candidate-comms writing test", then say how you would verify the result.
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Coordination is mostly writing. The candidate who flew across the country judges Cursor partly by your emails, so a comms test, if you get one, grades whether your words are warm and exact.
Draft the four messages every loop needs: an interview invite, a prep note, a status update and a rejection. Draft before you read the four samples below, then grade each one against the rubric and cut anything that reads like template boilerplate. Good comms feel written by a person, not pasted from a system.
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The candidate hears from you at each step. The rejection is the quality gate that most reveals your judgment.
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Interview invite: timezone-explicit
1. Interview invite: timezone-explicit
Subject: Your Cursor onsite: Thursday 6/18, New York Hi Priya, We'd love to host you at our New York office this Thursday, June 18. Your loop runs 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM ET (7:00 AM to 12:00 PM PT). I'll send a full itinerary with names and rooms once we lock it. Address: [office], buzz suite 4. Ask for me at the desk and I'll come down to meet you. Lunch is on us between sessions. Could you confirm this works by 5:00 PM PT tomorrow (8:00 PM ET)? If anything about travel or timing is tricky, reply here and we'll flex around you. Looking forward to meeting you, [Name] · [phone]