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Re:No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-in... by SpicyLemonZest on Thursday February 06, 2020 @07:47PM (#22262124)
And providing feedback is very likely to hurt your reputation. One major company did give me feedback, and I've made fun of them endlessly for it - they explained that the manager loved me, I did great on systems design and architecture, but I couldn't pass the hiring committee because I didn't do well enough on tree traversal tricks.
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Re:No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-in... by Thriptic on Thursday February 06, 2020 @08:03PM (#22262217)
Even that in a way is useful to them. If they are constantly getting confused, bemused, or angry responses to what they think is honest feedback, it is a red flag about their hiring process.
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Re:No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-in... by kenhwang on Thursday February 06, 2020 @08:15PM (#22262300)
I still give Google shit for the feedback they gave me. Good feedback is incredibly hard to do well.
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Re:No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-in... by na85 on Thursday February 06, 2020 @08:05PM (#22262233)
That company's problem is their shit-tier hiring process, not the fact that they give feedback.
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Re:No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-in... by SpicyLemonZest on Thursday February 06, 2020 @08:30PM (#22262375)
Every hiring process under the sun has a large, vocal group of people who think it's shit-tier. (Some people like me are equal opportunity haters - I've never seen a process that didn't have stupid flaws.) If you give feedback, eventually the group for your hiring process is going to find you.
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