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At times, I have tried to press a contact from a job lead on what I could have done better in my interview. They will not give you even a single bit of feedbac

At times, I have tried to press a contact from a job lead on what I could have done better in my interview. They will not give you even a single bit of feedback--a seemingly innocuous yes or no question is met with dissembling or equivocation, always. What bothers me most is that employers don't seem to be showing equal commitment to the interviewing process. They will ask you to do hours worth of homework for them, but then can't be arsed to discuss it with you for five minutes. They will ask for your salary history, but clam up if you ask them what they pay other developers in the same position. They will take your application as a senior developer, then ask if you'd consider being an entry-level tester. They spend hours grilling you to prove your worth, then spend zero minutes trying to sell you on their company.

lucio 9y ago
It should be obligatory to give some feedback if the interview process is longer than one hour. To simply give feedback is not a big deal to HR, and since they're making you do hours of homework it should be legally required to answer if you ask for feedback.
SmirkingRevenge 9y ago
> They will ask you to do hours worth of homework for them, but then can't be arsed to discuss it with you for five minutes. This has been my experience with homework assignment interviews (Though I still prefer them to whiteboards). In no cases, has any interviewer reviewed my homework before the interview. So the homework critique/qa sessions end up being more like a presentation or walkthrough of your solution, like a presentation for a meet-up, even though they are often described as more of a code review/interrogation about your choices. Which I don't mind honestly. If you know that going in, and are prepared - its an opportunity to impress, if you can be polished. Talk at them about your solution for the allotted time or until they make you stop :P
borplk 9y ago
Capital vs Labor. They don't care. Never have, never will. It's a one-way street, any "give" that there is, is out of self interest and necessity.
mixmastamyk 9y ago
Have had the opposite experience, HR sells the company hard, then you get a piss off email a week later. :-/
corey_moncure 9y ago
And on top of all this, many will then turn around and claim to regulators that there is a labor shortage! When it's obvious their behavior is only sustainable when they have a glut of applicants.

lucio 9y ago

It should be obligatory to give some feedback if the interview process is longer than one hour. To simply give feedback is not a big deal to HR, and since they're making you do hours of homework it should be legally required to answer if you ask for feedback.

SmirkingRevenge 9y ago

> They will ask you to do hours worth of homework for them, but then can't be arsed to discuss it with you for five minutes. This has been my experience with homework assignment interviews (Though I still prefer them to whiteboards). In no cases, has any interviewer reviewed my homework before the interview. So the homework critique/qa sessions end up being more like a presentation or walkthrough of your solution, like a presentation for a meet-up, even though they are often described as more of a code review/interrogation about your choices. Which I don't mind honestly. If you know that going in, and are prepared - its an opportunity to impress, if you can be polished. Talk at them about your solution for the allotted time or until they make you stop :P

borplk 9y ago

Capital vs Labor. They don't care. Never have, never will. It's a one-way street, any "give" that there is, is out of self interest and necessity.

mixmastamyk 9y ago

Have had the opposite experience, HR sells the company hard, then you get a piss off email a week later. :-/

corey_moncure 9y ago

And on top of all this, many will then turn around and claim to regulators that there is a labor shortage! When it's obvious their behavior is only sustainable when they have a glut of applicants.