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"The main reason you aren't going to be getting any answers is anything the companies say can be extrapolated to prove discrimination." That might be part of i
by gnosis 15y ago
"The main reason you aren't going to be getting any answers is anything the companies say can be extrapolated to prove discrimination."
That might be part of it. Another part of it is that many people are loathe to criticize anyone, and would find it uncomfortable to give a negative, but honest evaluation of someone to their face (or even through email).
Another reason for not giving evaluations to rejected applicants is that people are busy, and feel like their own time would be wasted for the benefit of someone who's not a part of their company.
A related reason is that the employers feel it would not benefit them in any way to give a rejected applicant an evaluation. It would only benefit the applicant.
Finally, I think a lot of people just don't really care much about others. This goes double for people who they barely know, have no business relationship with, and will probably never see or hear from again.
- jtheory 15y agoI thought of both of these things -- but look at the places he interviewed. They spent a lot of time with him (sometimes several days!) and he was largely dealing with technical folk, not HR people. I'll bet if he asked them all in the right tone -- and without demanding a lot of time -- he'd get at least a few responses. I know it's possible, because I've read several posts in the past from people both saying they've done this (and providing some details), plus others on the hiring side saying they'll generally give useful feedback if asked at the end of the interview process.