How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Job Hunt

Re:How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Job Hunt by l_t on Monday January 01, 2018 @09:34AM (#16046174)

Well, it depends. At my job, we do give feedback to all our candidates. Basically, we condense our notes about the candidate down to the most important points and send it to them. We've found that candidates appreciate getting this kind of feedback because:

1. It gives them a kind of closure and treats them with respect.

2. It can help them improve for future applications.

Usually, the reason is not "Someone else is a better fit". We're not just trying to fill one position -- if we find good engineers, we'll hire them. Usually feedback is related to stuff that came up in either the coding project or the interview. It helps people in the same way that code review helps them: by giving them an opportunity to learn and improve.

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Re:How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Job Hunt by gozur88 on Monday January 01, 2018 @04:32PM (#16048164)

>Basically, we condense our notes about the candidate down to the most important points and send it to them.

This is an excellent basis for a lawsuit.

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Re:How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Job Hunt by l_t on Monday January 01, 2018 @05:45PM (#16048459)

How so?

(edit: I wonder if we're talking about slightly different things here. The "notes" I'm referring to are primarily code commentary -- the same kind of material we cover in pair programming. As far as I know, we don't share notes about our internal decision-making process, which perhaps is what you're talking about.)

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Re:How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Job Hunt by gozur88 on Monday January 01, 2018 @06:13PM (#16048595)

Ah... I misunderstood. I thought you were sending them notes on your impressions of the candidates themselves.

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