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Re:Brief thoughts on getting hired as a senior coder by blueadept111 on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @11:27AM (#20575166)
Anyone who seriously expects detailed feedback from a failed job interview doesn't sound very "senior" to me. I'm pushing 50 after a lifetime in tech and I stopped expecting feedback about 30 years ago. Also, as someone who's sat on both sides of the interview table many times, I wouldn't hire this junior dev who thinks he's a senior, if only because he goes out of his way to inject snark into the interview process and seems to think that the world owes him something at every step. Red flags left and right.
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Re:Brief thoughts on getting hired as a senior coder by RangerScience on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @12:06PM (#20575541)
I "expect" it, but realize it won't generally happen. That this shitty situation is the norm doesn't mean it isn't still shitty, and the lack of feedback - or even the common straight up ghosting - is one of the reasons I want to start charging for my time when interviewing. Basically - pay me with money, or information, but respect me and my time enough that you won't waste the investment with silence.

Note: I got feedback from everyone I did an in-person with (3, this time around)

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Re:Brief thoughts on getting hired as a senior coder by phyzome on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @12:54PM (#20576030)
I once got some great feedback via the HR person, and gave them some good feedback as well. (I think I might have initiated, maybe that made the difference?) But yeah, it's extremely rare, and I think partly for liability reasons.
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Re:Brief thoughts on getting hired as a senior coder by xeromal on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @11:52AM (#20575417)
Agreed, the few times I've gotten feedback it almost felt odd. I did appreciate it though.

The only feedback I wish I would get is yes or no. I hate being lost in the ether.

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Re:Brief thoughts on getting hired as a senior coder by collyw on Thursday August 01, 2019 @03:50AM (#20581878)
Its kind of crap not to expect any feedback when he points out:

"Each of those four wire-to-wire interview processes took between 40 and 60 hours"

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