Anyone ever respond to a “our team reviewed your resume but won’t be moving forward” email to ask for feedback as to why.. this company is local, the role was 100% perfect, and I kind of want to know what they thought I didn’t fit. I want to phrase it like “what can I add for future to hopefully make my application stand out next time” but wondering if it’s even worth responding back.

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Not worth asking because you can't trust the answer. At this time I believe a lot of the job ads are fake anyway, so the answer may not be about you at all anyway. In other cases the company can open themselves up for litigation if the real reason isn't exactly fair.

What you can do is check in 1-3 months to see who got the job -their LinkedIn profile will tell you what they wanted (cheaper or more experienced, or more experience in some area etc.)

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Also should add - companies are still going through budget cuts and lay offs. A lot of positions they think they'll be able to hire, get frozen.

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If you're going through a recruiter, that person knows exactly what is going on, as much as the company will tell, though.

1) they are being told what to look for in someone else

2) they may have another position you match

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I've done this in the past and in most cases I've gotten generic responses, but in some cases they've got some specific thoughts on what went wrong.

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