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> If you say anything, and the applicant is a malicious litigant, you just became a potential paycheck via settlement. Do you have examples? I know this is a r
by gwbas1c 1y ago
> If you say anything, and the applicant is a malicious litigant, you just became a potential paycheck via settlement.
Do you have examples? I know this is a real fear, but I've never heard any examples of lawsuits except for issues of discrimination due to age, gender, and ethnicity.
- Bjartr 1y agoRight, and a malicious litigant will argue that the feedback they received represents discrimination against a protected class. It doesn't matter if they're wrong so long as you're still forced to come to court to defend it. They just offer to settle for less than what you winning in court will cost you.
- gwbas1c 1y agoThe article linked in this thread claims no one has ever sued based on constructive feedback: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22258113 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22258113 (Not that I give it when rejecting most candidates, because I don't want to deal with an argument. In practice, I only gave constructive feedback once, and then posted it on my blog: https://blog.andrewrondeau.com/software/careers/interviewing/2024/03/05/interview-feedback-to-an-upcoming-computer-science-student.html https://blog.andrewrondeau.com/software/careers/interviewing...)