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Ok not to sound like an asshole…but i honestly don’t feel like hiring managers are obligated to give feedback to rejected candidates. There are hundreds of applicants and so many tasks that need to be completed, it’s just not realistic to give productive feedback to everyone.
And as a candidate…it’s like, you win some you lose some. When I am a candidate for a new position, I come out of the interview having a good feeling of whether it will move forward or not and also have a good feeling as to why. Candidates just need to trust their intuition and the employers vibes a bit more. I know exactly when I’m not a good culture fit or when I don’t have the right skill set they’re looking for. And when it comes to “culture fit” it almost always goes both ways. The company is not a good fit for me either. So, I move on easily.
Point is, if I was asked to provide feedback, I would keep my answer generic. And say something like, “it was a tough decision and we had a lot of great applicants. And in the end, the team decided to go with someone who was a slightly better fit.” I know a lot of people may not agree with this approach, but I’m not in the business of trying to coach every candidate I’m not moving forward with. With my busy schedule and deadlines and business to manage, I just don’t have the bandwidth.
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I don’t think it’s an “obligation” but more of a courtesy and up to the discretion of the hiring manager. If it was truly an obligation, everyone would do it. And the fact is that most don’t.
I recently hired someone for my team, and as part of the housekeeping on the project HR wants me to give feedback for some of the late round rejections.
Some are easy. "If you had better technical skill (specifically in...) you'd be a stronger candidate, etc..."
But there's one person who we rejected because two people on the hiring panel (candidate talked to 4 people while on-site), said point blank they thought he wasn't going to be a person they wanted to work with.
They said things like, "he doesn't seem humble at all."
I personally liked the candidate, but as a team we agreed on another as our best choice.
So, imagine that was you what could I possibly tell you that might make you better?
I've wracked my brain about it, wondering even if a hiring manager straight up said, "you didn't seem humble and we think that's a key trait we want from our team members," what I would do with that.
If you let recruiters on a contingency basis do this, it will always turn out better but you have to work with them instead of doing the recruiting job yourself. I’m available FYI 😁