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A good time to elicit feedback is right at the end of the interview, in a casual manner along the lines of "well, so how do you think I did?". You don't want to
by gcheong 16y ago
A good time to elicit feedback is right at the end of the interview, in a casual manner along the lines of "well, so how do you think I did?". You don't want to push it if they try to avoid the issue, but I find I generally get better feedback than when trying to get it after a rejection.
- cletus 16y agoI'd read stories about people doing this and being told they're not supposed to. I'm usually a fairly good judge of this sort of this so I usually don't need to ask. Eliciting a response may not give an accurate response (eg putting someone on the spot when their view is negative could be somewhat confronting). Practically speaking however, time constraints tended to prohibit such chit-chat anyway.
- gaius 16y agoHaving been interviewing candidates for over a decade, I've noticed that in the vast majority of cases, this question is only asked by people who've done very badly. With a good candidate it doesn't feel like an interview at all, it feels like getting to know someone who's just joined your team.
- arethuza 16y agoI've been interviewing people for 15+ years and I've only had one person ask that question and he was by far the worst candidate I've every interviewed for a developer job.