Re:What’s the best feedback you got when you DIDN’T get the ...
by cableshaft on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @11:19AM
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> coin toss...
So the whole 'toss half of the resumes in the garbage because we don't want someone who's unlucky' story basically happened to you? Wow. I guess I prefer that to 'we just thought this other guy was better than you'.
The best feedback I got (through a side channel) was that the team was in a deadlock between me and another candidate, so it came down to a coin toss and I lost. I felt reassured, because at least the ordeal was over.
Another time I was declined because they only higher product managers with CS degrees and I do not have one. In that case I felt annoyed because this info was readily apparent on my resume, and I do have tech skills but they never brought up the issue in the interview.