No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-interview feedback

Re:No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-in... by hvidgaard on Friday February 07, 2020 @01:07AM (#22263622)

I don't understand this. If I select a candidate of three to offer a job, then as long as I'm not discriminating the others for things such as sexuality, gender, age, ect. then the person we feel is the best fit is just that. What we believe is the best candidate - no amount of arguing in a court is going to change that.

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Re:No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-in... by azernik on Friday February 07, 2020 @01:24AM (#22263690)

Germany is not the US. Labor laws impose restrictions aside from banning discrimination against protected categories.

As one example: it is illegal to say anything negative in a letter of reference. See https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/74438/recommen...

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Re:No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-in... by piokoch on Friday February 07, 2020 @03:10AM (#22264069)

I think the problem is your "ect.", in recent years number of various minority groups that might feel discriminated has grown and keep growing. You never know what will be next discriminated minority that you might offend and that will might sue you next year for some seemingly innocent explanation.

Why anyone would anyone take a risk? To make someone feel better?

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Re:No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-in... by travisporter on Friday February 07, 2020 @08:10AM (#22265591)

Yeah. It’s human decency. Got cut from football tryouts in high school. Got excellent feedback to improve my stamina. Ended up running cross country cuz I loved it :)

Straight out of college I got rejected by failing miserably at a technical interview almost to the point of tears when I realized how little I knew. Maybe my interviewer saw this but I got very practical feedback, and knew exactly what to do with myself that summer to get hired.

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Re:No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-in... by ChuckNorris89 on Friday February 07, 2020 @02:10AM (#22263843)

Germany is not as egalitarian as the US when it comes to preventing discrimination for job applicants.

Normally, in Germany, in your resume you should have a photo and specify your birthday/age and nationality, especially important when applying at traditional engineering companies. This opens you up for a lot of silent discrimination.

So, if they reject you for being the wrong age, nationality or skin color (yes that happens, a former German manager explicitly told HR he doesn't want Indian candidates on his team) or for speaking German with a strange accent, they definitely don't want this information getting back to you as you can sue them for that so the only feedback you're gonna get is the legally safe copy-paste "unfortunately, we're looking for a candidate that better suits our needs".

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Re:No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-in... by hvidgaard on Friday February 07, 2020 @02:14AM (#22263860)

I'm not from the US, but Denmark and we basically have the same laws. You don't tell them you don't want them because they're Indian, that shouldn't be a factor anyway, but because they're not the best fit due to skill/social/experience/whatever legally matters.

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