India, Feb. 19 -- Rejection emails are so common that most job applicants do not even read the messages sent by recruiters once they make it clear that they have gone ahead with another candidate for the position. However, one applicant who read the rejection email sent by a recruiter decided to read through and was left confused about his application status.

While rejecting his application, the recruiter said that they had decided "to not" move forward with another candidate, confusing the applicant. The recruiter seems to have mixed up "decision to not move forward with you" and "decision to move forward with another candidate" and that resulted in the contradictory message.

"Typo...or awkward invitation to move forward? So you're not...