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State the timezone every time, in writing

Talk through the example in "State the timezone every time, in writing", then name the result it is meant to produce.

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State the timezone every time, in writingcandidate comms

Never write a bare time. "Let's meet at 2 PM" is a setup for failure when the candidate is in San Francisco and you're in New York. Every time you send to a candidate carries the zone and where they differ, you carry both.

How a time should appear in every candidate-facing message
Your interview with Priya is confirmed for:
  Tuesday, June 16 - 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT

(If you're not in either of those zones, let me know your
 local time and I'll re-confirm before we lock it in.)

Spelling out both zones does two things at once. It removes the candidate's mental math and it gives them a chance to catch an error you missed.