There are times when I've really, REALLY wanted to be able to give that feedback -- usually when a candidate came in second in a close race and I wanted them to

There are times when I've really, REALLY wanted to be able to give that feedback -- usually when a candidate came in second in a close race and I wanted them to know they did really well, but there's been other times when I thought specific feedback would really help someone (I interview a lot of fresh college graduates) -- but HR has told me every time not to do it, not even if they review the language first. What's funny is the one time I got such feedback myself I thought it was because the company I interviewed with did it because they were paranoid I would sue: About 12 years ago I interviewed when I was 4+ months visibly pregnant (and I openly talked about it too -- I don't hide anything), and afterward the person I interviewed with sent me an extremely nice note that they liked me at lot, but they had to go with the more qualified candidate, although if she didn't work out, they'd hire me. I blew the letter off as them being paranoid about getting sued, but a few weeks later I got the call -- the other person didn't work out and I was hired. Go figure.