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Years ago I interviewed at a startup in SF. It went well except for one ex-FAANG asshole who spent the entire whiteboard interview thumbing his phone while I we
by muststopmyths 7y ago
Years ago I interviewed at a startup in SF. It went well except for one ex-FAANG asshole who spent the entire whiteboard interview thumbing his phone while I went down the wrong rabbit hole on the problem he gave me. No attempt to guide me back, critique my approach or anything of the sort.
I didn't get the job, as expected. But the memorable thing about the process was that the recruiter made a point of calling me to tell me I was getting rejected.
The reasons given were fairly generic as far as I recall, but I appreciated him having the class to actually speak with me.
If I ran a tech company, I'd make that guy head of recruiting.
- davidw 7y agoI can understand not giving feedback, but being kind and polite and timely with a response is absolutely something everyone should do.
- BurningFrog 7y agoThe one time I got some feedback on why I was rejected it was also over the phone. I assumed the California ban on recording phone conversations without consent made the conversation legally non existent.
- thaumasiotes 7y agoWhen I followed up an email rejection from Google asking if they had feedback, I got email back saying "yes", and setting up a phone appointment specifically to provide it. So... I'd say they have something like that in mind.