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Re:Reasons Why Job Seekers Are Not Given Feedback by dominotw on Thursday December 19, 2019 @12:47PM (#21837259)
> Candidates want to get into an argument about their skills or performance.

curious why you were giving feedback in person if you expect candidates to not say anything back. what were your expectations during this process?

did you set expectations with the candidates before the call that they are not supposed to question your analysis?

Re:Reasons Why Job Seekers Are Not Given Feedback by wgerard on Thursday December 19, 2019 @12:52PM (#21837323)
This is why people don't give candidates feedback, FWIW.

It's a bit like arguing with a potential romantic partner who doesn't want to go on a second date: You might win the argument logically, but you're not getting another date unless there was a comical misunderstanding.

Re:Reasons Why Job Seekers Are Not Given Feedback by dominotw on Thursday December 19, 2019 @12:57PM (#21837378)
potential romantic partners call the people they reject and tell them why they don't like them?

I was asking why gp was doing this ^, seems weird.

Re:Reasons Why Job Seekers Are Not Given Feedback by wgerard on Thursday December 19, 2019 @01:00PM (#21837415)
Yes, people frequently request justification when they're rejected romantically.

This is also why people get ghosted while dating nowadays. Many of the same reasons at play.

Re:Reasons Why Job Seekers Are Not Given Feedback by catalogia on Thursday December 19, 2019 @06:19PM (#21840299)
> people frequently request justification when they're rejected romantically. This is also why people get ghosted while dating nowadays.

I'm not sure I understand this. I'm under the impression that ghosting people while dating is a newish phenomenon. Is requesting justifications a similarly newish thing? If one didn't change, why would the other? It doesn't seem like we've gotten to the root of the matter.

Re:Reasons Why Job Seekers Are Not Given Feedback by rsynnott on Friday December 20, 2019 @01:12PM (#21846131)
Not sure how you're defining newish. It was routinely used as a storyline in 80s and 90s sitcoms (shows up a lot in Seinfeld, say) and I don't think it was new then.
Re:Reasons Why Job Seekers Are Not Given Feedback by dominotw on Thursday December 19, 2019 @05:38PM (#21840032)
> Yes, people frequently request justification when they're rejected romantically.

But I am asking do ppl respond to this with a phone call detailing the reasons behind their rejection.

Why was OP doing it.

His problem could've been simply solved by setting the expectation that his analysis was not up for debate.