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Even though it is from a movie, I think this is better advice: "Do you want a bullet to the head or five bullets to the chest and bleed to death?" [1] If you w

• overgard 11y ago
  Yeah I think that's much better advice. The problem with giving out reasons is that there's a good chance your perception of them disagrees with their own self perception, and so you run the risk of insulting them. I remember years ago, one company I interviewed with ultimately didn't hire me because "my experience was very strong in graphics and game development but they needed more of a generalist". This was, I think, because my unix command line skills were mediocre (At least that's where I flubbed the interview a bit); but at the time they rejected me I was working in web development... so it's not like I'm not adaptable. Anyway, the only reason that I even remember that is because their rejection was memorable, and it was memorable because I thought they were wrong. Of course I didn't argue with them because their minds were made up, but with this sort of decision you don't even want to invite the possibility of debate IMO, you just want to give a yes or a no.