I'm a hiring manager, and I don't see any possible good that can come from getting into this discussion. Give them the decision, wish them luck, and hang up the phone. If they want/need feedback, they should get it from friends, family or job search counselors (if they are long term unemployed), not from the company that just rejected them. That's just cruel.
Yeah, I found this to be a weird article. What kind of world does this guy live in? Maybe help out someone you see as very high potential but is coming across in some odd way, but the majority of people I see rejected for these jobs the answers is “we don’t think you are good enough.”
Grellas commented that companies used to provide that feedback all the time. Just that as freedom of association was changed by the amendments following the Civil Rights Movement, it became legally untenable for companies to continue doing so.
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I'm a hiring manager, and I don't see any possible good that can come from getting into this discussion. Give them the decision, wish them luck, and hang up the phone. If they want/need feedback, they should get it from friends, family or job search counselors (if they are long term unemployed), not from the company that just rejected them. That's just cruel.
Yeah, I found this to be a weird article. What kind of world does this guy live in? Maybe help out someone you see as very high potential but is coming across in some odd way, but the majority of people I see rejected for these jobs the answers is “we don’t think you are good enough.”
Grellas commented that companies used to provide that feedback all the time. Just that as freedom of association was changed by the amendments following the Civil Rights Movement, it became legally untenable for companies to continue doing so.
Here's the post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1989713