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Re:No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-in... by ihodes on Thursday February 06, 2020 @06:54PM (#22261747)
As an anecdote, the major consulting firms (McKinsey, BCG, Bain), all provide constructive interview feedback after interviews. They do this regardless of if the candidate is moving on to the next level of not.

It's strange that other industries haven't followed suit.

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Re:No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-in... by SilasX on Thursday February 06, 2020 @09:54PM (#22262847)
That kinda blows a hole in the argument from risk aversion, since they're the definition of risk aversion.
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Re:No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-in... by filoleg on Thursday February 06, 2020 @07:57PM (#22262176)
Noticed the same thing with some finance companies too (mostly those that are known to be tech-strong, however). Got some of the most detailed and useful feedback throughout my years of interviewing from those.
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Re:No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-in... by sk5t on Thursday February 06, 2020 @10:04PM (#22262875)
I interviewed with BCG in college and was unable to extract any interview feedback. Granted, that was some time ago.
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Re:No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-in... by mdorazio on Thursday February 06, 2020 @11:58PM (#22263360)
This must be a newish thing. Back when I interviewed with Bain in college the only feedback after multiple interview rounds and social events was "sorry, you weren't as strong as other candidates". McKinsey sent a blanket "no thanks" email.
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Re:No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-in... by safety-third on Thursday February 06, 2020 @11:48PM (#22263303)
No industry's interviewing is as awful as ours. The mythical 10x programmer has ruined our interviews. All these companies have it in their heads that you either need a rubicks cube champion or someone with 15 years of Rust experience.
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