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Not one of the comments has mentioned a main reason why feedback isn't shared is certain people don't take critiques very well, or may think the reason for reje

Not one of the comments has mentioned a main reason why feedback isn't shared is certain people don't take critiques very well, or may think the reason for rejection is benign that it's not enough reason to reject. The company doesn't want to spend time getting into an argument with the person over it or potential legal issues arising from such feedback.

effingwewt 3y ago
Then they can interview candidates without the takehome bullshit. Companies refuse to even read a resume/cv these days. They make you sign up for an account specifically with their company and jump through all their hoops and type into fields exactly the information covered in the resume/cv/cover letter. They have you write out answers to questions they later ask you again in person. Of companies don't want to spend the time that's fine, but they shouldn't expect prospective employees to waste exponentially more time. And arguably the job hunter is in the more desperate position, as evidenced by the fact we are willing to jump through all of the aforementioned hoops. Unpaid. For a chance at something. For which you may receive no feedback. Fuck that it should be illegal to do so unless they compensate us.
- theogravity 3y ago
  I agree with the entirety with what you've said. Take home or not, most are reluctant to give specific feedback in general because they don't want to argue about their feedback to the interviewee and there is a potential for legal exposure if the interviewee thinks the feedback was unfair relative to some other group and wants to take action on that.
Aeolun 3y ago
> The company doesn't want to spend time getting into an argument with the person over it I don’t want to either, but if the feedback they send is clearly bonkers then what am I supposed to do? If you have a dialogue in the first place you can correct their misconceptions immediately, but if they use take home the only time you can do this is after the fact.
- theogravity 3y ago
  It's only bonkers if the actual feedback is deemed so by you, and so they don't give any to avoid any possibility of a response that they must respond to

effingwewt 3y ago

Then they can interview candidates without the takehome bullshit. Companies refuse to even read a resume/cv these days. They make you sign up for an account specifically with their company and jump through all their hoops and type into fields exactly the information covered in the resume/cv/cover letter. They have you write out answers to questions they later ask you again in person. Of companies don't want to spend the time that's fine, but they shouldn't expect prospective employees to waste exponentially more time. And arguably the job hunter is in the more desperate position, as evidenced by the fact we are willing to jump through all of the aforementioned hoops. Unpaid. For a chance at something. For which you may receive no feedback. Fuck that it should be illegal to do so unless they compensate us.

theogravity 3y ago
I agree with the entirety with what you've said. Take home or not, most are reluctant to give specific feedback in general because they don't want to argue about their feedback to the interviewee and there is a potential for legal exposure if the interviewee thinks the feedback was unfair relative to some other group and wants to take action on that.

Aeolun 3y ago

> The company doesn't want to spend time getting into an argument with the person over it I don’t want to either, but if the feedback they send is clearly bonkers then what am I supposed to do? If you have a dialogue in the first place you can correct their misconceptions immediately, but if they use take home the only time you can do this is after the fact.

theogravity 3y ago
It's only bonkers if the actual feedback is deemed so by you, and so they don't give any to avoid any possibility of a response that they must respond to