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Apart of the already named reasons (mainly legal): I once actually did it, because I LIKED the applicant. The result was simply lots of follow up mails on how a

Apart of the already named reasons (mainly legal): I once actually did it, because I LIKED the applicant. The result was simply lots of follow up mails on how and why I am mistaken. Wouldn't do this again.

petesmithy 4y ago
this ^^ I'm afraid; I used to do feedback for everyone if they got to phone interview or beyond; it's time consuming but I thought it would be a better candidate experience; maybe 1/4 people were grateful and positive about receiving feedback, but 1/4 people get argumentative and it can get really personal; now I just say something generic like "we had a lot of strong candidates" and everyone just moves on
PragmaticPulp 4y ago
Same here. When I first started interviewing candidates I wanted to be the ideal interviewer who was honest about feedback. My responses were as kind, gentle, and professional as I could make them. The result was a lot of candidates trying to prove me wrong with relentless e-mails and phone calls. One of them even went on Glassdoor and other websites to write long reviews about how we misunderstood him in the interview. This was the same guy who didn’t even try to answer about half of the interview questions. I stopped giving any feedback after that. Wish I could help candidates, but it’s not worth the risk of dealing with more angry candidates viewing it as an opening to argue.
mitchellst 4y ago
Exactly. Feedback works in the context of a relationship. Employment arrangements—peers and managers— are relationships. Hiring pipelines are interactions, not relationships. If you don’t have an ongoing relationship with someone, you can’t anticipate or influence what they’ll do with the feedback or what effect it will have. Related: reasons you might explain as little as possible when firing someone, or when breaking up with someone.
wmeredith 4y ago
> I once actually did it, because I LIKED the applicant. The result was simply lots of follow up mails on how and why I am mistaken. Wouldn't do this again. I've done the same thing with the same result. It became an argument/pissing match that I just ended up ghosting.
aartav 4y ago
Yes! I've done exactly the same and had the same results, its just not worth going through a long exchange of emails and then having to be rude and ghosting them in the end.

petesmithy 4y ago

this ^^ I'm afraid; I used to do feedback for everyone if they got to phone interview or beyond; it's time consuming but I thought it would be a better candidate experience; maybe 1/4 people were grateful and positive about receiving feedback, but 1/4 people get argumentative and it can get really personal; now I just say something generic like "we had a lot of strong candidates" and everyone just moves on

PragmaticPulp 4y ago

Same here. When I first started interviewing candidates I wanted to be the ideal interviewer who was honest about feedback. My responses were as kind, gentle, and professional as I could make them. The result was a lot of candidates trying to prove me wrong with relentless e-mails and phone calls. One of them even went on Glassdoor and other websites to write long reviews about how we misunderstood him in the interview. This was the same guy who didn’t even try to answer about half of the interview questions. I stopped giving any feedback after that. Wish I could help candidates, but it’s not worth the risk of dealing with more angry candidates viewing it as an opening to argue.

mitchellst 4y ago

Exactly. Feedback works in the context of a relationship. Employment arrangements—peers and managers— are relationships. Hiring pipelines are interactions, not relationships. If you don’t have an ongoing relationship with someone, you can’t anticipate or influence what they’ll do with the feedback or what effect it will have. Related: reasons you might explain as little as possible when firing someone, or when breaking up with someone.

wmeredith 4y ago

> I once actually did it, because I LIKED the applicant. The result was simply lots of follow up mails on how and why I am mistaken. Wouldn't do this again. I've done the same thing with the same result. It became an argument/pissing match that I just ended up ghosting.

aartav 4y ago

Yes! I've done exactly the same and had the same results, its just not worth going through a long exchange of emails and then having to be rude and ghosting them in the end.