So I would like to thank you for your interest in the vacancy we have in our math department, but regretfully must inform you that given our unexpectedly talented applicant pool, we cannot offer you a position at this time.

I have, however, a few pieces of friendly professional advice to share with you that your continuing search might soon prove more fruitful.

First, while repetition and detail may serve to emphasize a particular selling point of yours, it is not, strictly speaking, necessary to repeat the sequence of exams you will be taking with precise timelines when questioned about the status of your license. Certainly further mention is unnecessary when the question is about something else altogether, and taking certification examinations is neither a classroom management technique nor a discipline policy.

Further, while it is nice that you do approve of collaboration and interdisciplinary collaboration in particular, it is unclear whether students will be motivated to study and master freshman algebra by the need to study and master physics. Further claims as to the indispensability of mathematical study might be instantiated more carefully.

Finally, and this is a delicate point, I would suggest that you not close out the interview experience with extended mention of how gently you have taught your Asian wife of thirty years whom you acquired in Asia and consequently "did not grow up in this country" English grammar to the point where she has not only mastered the definite-indefinite article distinction but also the "that"-"which" distinction well enough to correct her native-born American supervisors. While surely inspirational, this particular anecdote may not succeed uniformly in currying favor with all interviewers.