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There's always an excuse like this and TBH I think it's lazy.

• NovemberWhiskey 3y ago
  The answer? Or the behavior of the HR department? Candidates are looking for feedback on what they can do better. HR doesn't want hiring managers to form opinions on that. HR wants (as near as possible) objective feedback on whether candidates meet a hiring bar, and for a hiring manager to select amongst those that do choose the best candidate. Ideally, they want you to make sure you're making serious consideration of candidates in under-represented groups in order to show commitment to DEI targets. Oftentimes, the reasons why candidates don't get selected come down to things like "you exaggerated your involvement in a key project and we figured that out during the interview" or "you're fine, but we found someone we liked better". How do you think honest feedback of "you should stop providing misleading descriptions of your work experience in your resume" goes over?
  • shakes_mcjunkie 3y ago
    > they want you to make sure you're making serious consideration of candidates in under-represented groups in order to show commitment to DEI targets. It's illegal to hire based on demographics. I'm sure lots of places do it. It's lazy to me for HR not to provide feedback to the candidate based on some "upside" or vague liability. > How do you think honest feedback of "you should stop providing misleading descriptions of your work experience in your resume" goes over? This sounds like a really contrived scenario. I've been the hiring manager for several positions and I've never seen enough evidence to call out a candidate for something like this. Anyways, if it were true, just find a nice way to say it: "we were unclear about your work experience and the details didn't match our job description".