Hiring decisions often happen faster than candidates realize.
Small signals — clarity, curiosity, consistency — make a big difference.
Yet most applicants never get feedback on what actually worked or didn’t.
If you could get honest feedback from a recruiter, what would you ask?

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I would be super curious to ask what I could have done better to be considered more seriously. If it was my tone or my experience or something else.

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