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Ashley C Community Member

Can't Accept or Decline Invitation to Interview

I recently received an Invitation to interview for a job. I reviewed the job description and message from client, and then went to respond accordingly, only to find that the button to do so is missing.

 

Sometimes if I don't respond in time and they've chosen someone else there will be a "this job is now closed" message in place of the button but that's not there either. I was considering declining the job anyway so I just left it and figured it would resolve itself, but after a couple days it's still like this, and I'm worried it's going to negatively impact my response time rate that other clients see.

I've checked on Safari, Chrome, and mobile, and it's the same on all of them. No button to accept or decline. Is there something I can do to remedy this, or is this a bug on Upwork's end?

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Nikola S Moderator

Hi All, 

 

Thank you for reaching out to us and bringing this to our attention. We shared your reports with our team and our engineers are working as fast as possible on solving this issue. 

 

We will follow up on this thread as soon as we have more information. 

 

Edited to update information. 

 

I would like to let you know that this issue is now resolved. Please feel free to let us know if you still experience any issues on your end. 

 

Thank you,

~ Nikola

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Andrea's avatar
Andrea G Community Manager

Hi Muhammad,

 

I shared your report with our team and one of our agents will reach out to you using a support ticket to assist you further. You can access your support tickets here .

 

~Andrea
Jocelyn's avatar
Jocelyn B Community Member

Hi Nicola, 

 I have the same issue. Please help.

Avery's avatar
Avery O Community Manager

Hi Jocelyn, 

 

I can confirm that actions have been taken against this client, which is why you cannot accept the client's offer.

When you have the time, it would be best to read up on the "Safety First!" section of the freelancer resources we have compiled, these tips for avoiding questionable jobsthis Community article, and these articles for more information about working safely through Upwork. 


~ Avery
Helen's avatar
Helen B Community Member

I've had an invitation to interview sat in my Proposals for 5 months! I've tried all the solutions offered here but nothing's worked. There's no option to accept or decline it nor delete it. upwork delete.JPGIf I look at the job posting the job is no longer available (of course) and I assumed the invitation would eventually delete itself. But it hasn't. What else can I do please?

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Pradeep H Moderator

Hi Helen,

 

Thank you for reaching out to us. I shared your report with our team and one of our agents will reach out to you using a support ticket to assist you further. You can access your support tickets here .

 

Thank you,

Matthew's avatar
Matthew S Community Member

Hi, I am having this exact same problem right now

 

Matthew's avatar
Matthew S Community Member

I recieved an invitation to interview but when I fill out the cover letter and everything else I cannot press the accept button. There is no error message or anything of the sort, the button simply doesn't turn green and my cursor becomes a red circle with a line through it when I attempt to click it. I am very interested in this job position so it is rather bothersome. This is only a problem for accepting this invitation: when I try to click on other job offers I can apply just fine.

Thank you,

Matthew Sekuła

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Nikola S Moderator

Hi Matthew,

 

Thank you for reaching out to us. Could you please share a screenshot from your end so that we can look into this further and assist you accordingly? 

~ Nikola
Matthew's avatar
Matthew S Community Member

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Joanne's avatar
Joanne P Moderator

Hi Matthew,

 

I've escalated your concern to the team. One of our agents will reach out and assist you directly via a support ticket.

~ Joanne
Upwork
Felix's avatar
Felix F Community Member

Hello,

I am also facing this issue. I can not decline or accept an old invitation. It doesn't matter if I use Upwork via the app or in any browser.

I haven't used Upwork for a long time so this invitation is already nearly two years old.

What can I do to solve this?

Pradeep's avatar
Pradeep H Moderator

Hello Felix,

 

I shared your report with our team and one of our agents will reach out to you using a support ticket to assist you further. You can access your support tickets here.

 

- Pradeep 

Tuba's avatar
Tuba E Community Member

Hello. I  have the exact same issue. I tried different browsers as well as the app. I can't accept or decline the invitation, which is a shame because it is a project I'd like to take. 

Arjay's avatar
Arjay M Retired Team Member

Hi Tuba,

 

Could you please reach out to me via PM (click on my name) with more details about the invitation that you're referring to so that I can assist you accordingly? Thank you.

 

~ Arjay
Upwork
Md. Rafiqul's avatar
Md. Rafiqul I Community Member

Experiencing the same issue while using freelance app!

Pradeep's avatar
Pradeep H Moderator

Hi Md Rafiqul,

 

Thank you for your message. Could you confirm if you are experience the same issue using a PC as well?

 

Thank you,

Pradeep

Nyv's avatar
Nyv M Community Member

I'm facing the exact same problem. Any help from upwork?

Arjay's avatar
Arjay M Retired Team Member

Hi Nyv,

 

I would like to clarify that the job post for the invitation you're referring to is no longer available. If you go to Find Work > Proposals you'll see that there are no invites under the "Invitations to interview" section.

 

You may still see the notification from when you were invited but since then the client has either hired another freelancer or decided they would not be hiring and closed the job post. You can also see the Invitation in your "Archived Interviews" section.

 

~ Arjay
Upwork
Mate's avatar
Mate K Community Member

Have similar issue, can't accept job offer. 

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Annie Jane's avatar
Annie Jane B Retired Team Member

Hi Mate,

 

Thank you for reaching out. I can see that you've already raised a support ticket regarding your concern. You can access your support tickets here. Note that support requests are responded to in the order they are received. Kindly allow 24-48 hours for the team to follow up with you and assist you further.


~ AJ
Upwork
Nida's avatar
Nida S Community Member

I cannot accept an offer. It says "An error has occurred. Please try again later" after pressong the accept offer. I already clear all cookies and cache. Can you please help me. Thank you. 

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Pradeep H Moderator

Hi Nida,

 

Thank you for reaching out to us. I shared your report with our team and one of our agents will reach out to you using a support ticket to assist you further. You can access your support tickets here .

 

Hi Bibin,

 

I can see that you've already raised a support ticket regarding your concern. You can access your support tickets here . Note that support requests are responded to in the order they are received. Kindly allow 24-48 hours for the team to follow up with you and assist you further.

 

Thank you,

Pradeep

Bibin's avatar
Bibin M Community Member

Hey, I am having the same error.

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 When clicking accept offer, it says error has occured.

Jason's avatar
Jason S Community Member

I have a job interview stuck where I can't decline it and it is not allowing me to join an agency because of this. Can someone please help me?

Nikola's avatar
Nikola S Moderator

Hi Jason,

 

Thank you for reaching out to us. I’ve escalated your community post to a support ticket. One of our agents will be in touch with you soon to assist.

~ Nikola
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