Kudos on receiving an interview invitation for a job on Cad Crowd! A job interview invite is an invitation from a potential client requesting a conversation about their job opening. The job invitation indicates that your profile is a fit for their work.
💡 Interview advice: Your profile shows how fast you reply to client messages and job invites. The top-performing experts have discovered the importance of promptly accepting or rejecting invitations. You can also read our article that explains interview strategies for employers.
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Reply to a job invite
How to reply to your job invites
- Go to My job applications
- Select the invitation under Unanswered invites
- Choose Accept or Decline for the pending job invite
- Accept invite: You can accept the client’s proposed job contract or negotiate different contract terms (i.e., rates, timelines, etc.). Additionally, you can chat with a client before submitting your application.
- Decline invite: You can decline the invite and add a message explaining why you refused the job invitation. Refrain from sharing your contact information if you reject a job invite.
Interviews in progress
The client can reply once you’ve accepted an invite or applied for the job. Suppose the client responds to your job application. In that case, your application is converted into an Interview in progress, which creates a group chat for you and the client to discuss the potential work in detail.
How to send messages
You can chat with potential clients after they reply to your job application.
Steps to chat with clients
- Visit My job applications
- Click an application under Interview in progress
- Write a message > click Send button
The Cad Crowd platform offers secure communication between clients and experts. Active job contracts require communication through the Cad Crowd platform unless the client opts for a contract buyout with the Direct Hire Program.
📡 Important: We require that members avoid sharing contact information and discuss all job information on the Cad Crowd platform. Communicating on the platform protects users from fraud and IP theft and ensures the safest possible relationships for our members. Sharing your contact details in profiles, applications, job posts, job invites, or other interactions is prohibited in our terms of service. Please utilize Cad Crowd’s collaboration tools exclusively for all initial contacts, interviews, and work planning discussions.
Edit or change your application rates & terms
Before accepting a new job contract, you might edit or change the rate for your application. You can update parts of your job application. However, you can update the other fields in your application.
Steps to edit your application:
- Visit My applications
- Scroll down to Your applications > click View application button
- Scroll down > click Edit application button
- Edit your application details > click Submit application button
