This is common and necessary. There are a ton of federal and state laws about what can be considered in hiring, and if one steps an inch off of the legal path,

This is common and necessary. There are a ton of federal and state laws about what can be considered in hiring, and if one steps an inch off of the legal path, the results are dire. Written feedback is the worst. One simply can't do it, and if you were employed at yahoo, and did any interviewing, you went through that training.