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> Too Much Data > It becomes virtually impossible for the company to get back to everyone who submits their résumé. This one seems like "blaming it on the vict

by b0rsuk 7y ago

> Too Much Data > It becomes virtually impossible for the company to get back to everyone who submits their résumé. This one seems like "blaming it on the victim" to me. You get too many candidates, you're unable to give each of us an in-depth review, you may as well say a single sentence like "You resume was quickly filtered out based on this one requirement." It's like they're ashamed to admit they pre-filter people based on hasty criteria to deal with the deluge of candidates. > Stalling For Time > There is a belief by corporate executives that there is an abundance of qualified candidates. They erroneously believe that if the HR department waits longer, they will eventually find the perfect person suited for the role for a cheaper price. This explains why we don't initially get feedback, but not why we often don't get it at all.

thaumasiotes 7y ago
> You get too many candidates, you're unable to give each of us an in-depth review, you may as well say a single sentence like "You resume was quickly filtered out based on this one requirement." So, the obvious application of feedback would be that you try to rectify the problem and then reapply. I suspect companies don't want you to reapply, regardless of whether you've improved. They already said no. But in that case, what's the feedback for? Your idea here hits a similar problem: if the company starts giving out the information "we threw away your resume because you have it in Times New Roman, and we prefer to hire Courier people", they just gave away their valuable resume-filtering trade secret. Once they've done that, all of the resumes they get will use Courier, and they'll have to come up with a new filtering system. So they just imposed a cost on themselves without benefiting anyone, themselves, you, or third parties.
- boring_twenties 7y ago
  > I suspect companies don't want you to reapply, regardless of whether you've improved. They already said no. One small anecdotal counterpoint: I interviewed at Google many years back and didn't get an offer. They were nice enough to call and let me know, which I very much appreciated. Since then I've been getting hit up by their recruiters on a regular schedule, every 6-12 months. At some point I was short on patience and straight up said "you guys know I already interviewed with you back in 20XX, right?" Their response was "Well yeah, but so what? That was a while ago."
itronitron 7y ago
I would add to the stalling for time component that they can't know a person's price unless they make an offer.

by b0rsuk 7y ago

thaumasiotes 7y ago

> You get too many candidates, you're unable to give each of us an in-depth review, you may as well say a single sentence like "You resume was quickly filtered out based on this one requirement." So, the obvious application of feedback would be that you try to rectify the problem and then reapply. I suspect companies don't want you to reapply, regardless of whether you've improved. They already said no. But in that case, what's the feedback for? Your idea here hits a similar problem: if the company starts giving out the information "we threw away your resume because you have it in Times New Roman, and we prefer to hire Courier people", they just gave away their valuable resume-filtering trade secret. Once they've done that, all of the resumes they get will use Courier, and they'll have to come up with a new filtering system. So they just imposed a cost on themselves without benefiting anyone, themselves, you, or third parties.

boring_twenties 7y ago
> I suspect companies don't want you to reapply, regardless of whether you've improved. They already said no. One small anecdotal counterpoint: I interviewed at Google many years back and didn't get an offer. They were nice enough to call and let me know, which I very much appreciated. Since then I've been getting hit up by their recruiters on a regular schedule, every 6-12 months. At some point I was short on patience and straight up said "you guys know I already interviewed with you back in 20XX, right?" Their response was "Well yeah, but so what? That was a while ago."

itronitron 7y ago

I would add to the stalling for time component that they can't know a person's price unless they make an offer.