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While the site you provided is completely off the rails now (thank you for the lesson in content moderation). I see people have been using this comment section
by lmihaig 3y ago
While the site you provided is completely off the rails now (thank you for the lesson in content moderation). I see people have been using this comment section to complain about rejection messages, while I share the feeling and in no way condone about how poor the situation is, I think it's too negative and depressing. On a light-hearted note I'd like to share the best rejection message I received.
Whilst still a student in university I messaged Valve my resume, I knew they only hired wizards or people with extreme seniority, but I really liked what I knew about the company and I said hey I'd be really cool. I received a rejection in ample time, sent by an account that has an actual person's name (not just hiring@company.name). The message was a few paragraphs long of (what seemed like) personalized non-auto reply text about what skills I lack, what Valve looks for in a hire, and how the people at Valve acquired their knowledge.
Checking back on the details of the person I now see it wasn't even just an HR person, but an actual engineer. And I do need to say I applied to a lot of considerably smaller (in number of people) companies than them and never have I received such a nice experience.
It is not enough to say that after dealing with hundreds of rejections that one was actually the first uplifting one I ever received. And also the only. So for that I want to thank that person @Valve.