<story><title>No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-interview feedback</title><url>http://blog.interviewing.io/no-engineer-has-ever-sued-a-company-because-of-constructive-post-interview-feedback-so-why-dont-employers-do-it/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nkingsy</author><text>This is a tried and true practice in dating, and it translates well to hiring, which is basically the same thing.&lt;p&gt;Most people, ESPECIALLY people who ask you for feedback, do not want feedback. They want to get in a fight with you.&lt;p&gt;Edit: I don&amp;#x27;t remember ghosting anyone personally in either setting, but it&amp;#x27;s happened to me plenty. Getting upset about it just means you&amp;#x27;re new to the experience.</text></item><item><author>ddelt</author><text>Hot take: you could hire someone who did absolutely well in the interview, and they could find a few weeks into the job that they loathe everyone, and go on a social media rampage.&lt;p&gt;What I’m getting at is, there will always be bad apples, or people who react in a way that damages your organization. But not providing useful feedback to people who ask for it simply because one person went crazy is punishing a lot more people because of that one. Who knows if all of their negative karma ends up being worse in the grand scheme of things?&lt;p&gt;I personally avoid applying to places that other engineers tell me to avoid because I trust their opinion more than I trust a company selling me the highlight reel in an interview. If a trusted engineer said he got a rejection in an interview, asked for feedback, and none was given, I’d avoid that place too.</text></item><item><author>kenhwang</author><text>One time we gave feedback on request and the candidate contested the feedback, then went out on a social media rampage. So yeah, we stopped after that. It only takes one bad candidate to make it not worth the effort.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>josephg</author><text>&amp;gt; Most people, ESPECIALLY people who ask you for feedback, do not want feedback.&lt;p&gt;The data I&amp;#x27;ve seen suggests you&amp;#x27;re totally wrong about this.&lt;p&gt;I work at a company in the recruiting space. My primary role is interviewing technical candidates, and we provide very detailed feedback to candidates of all levels, regardless of whether or not we move forward with them.&lt;p&gt;People consistently tell us they love the feedback that we provide - in fact, people say the feedback we provide is one of the best parts of their experience with us.</text></comment>
<story><title>No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-interview feedback</title><url>http://blog.interviewing.io/no-engineer-has-ever-sued-a-company-because-of-constructive-post-interview-feedback-so-why-dont-employers-do-it/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nkingsy</author><text>This is a tried and true practice in dating, and it translates well to hiring, which is basically the same thing.&lt;p&gt;Most people, ESPECIALLY people who ask you for feedback, do not want feedback. They want to get in a fight with you.&lt;p&gt;Edit: I don&amp;#x27;t remember ghosting anyone personally in either setting, but it&amp;#x27;s happened to me plenty. Getting upset about it just means you&amp;#x27;re new to the experience.</text></item><item><author>ddelt</author><text>Hot take: you could hire someone who did absolutely well in the interview, and they could find a few weeks into the job that they loathe everyone, and go on a social media rampage.&lt;p&gt;What I’m getting at is, there will always be bad apples, or people who react in a way that damages your organization. But not providing useful feedback to people who ask for it simply because one person went crazy is punishing a lot more people because of that one. Who knows if all of their negative karma ends up being worse in the grand scheme of things?&lt;p&gt;I personally avoid applying to places that other engineers tell me to avoid because I trust their opinion more than I trust a company selling me the highlight reel in an interview. If a trusted engineer said he got a rejection in an interview, asked for feedback, and none was given, I’d avoid that place too.</text></item><item><author>kenhwang</author><text>One time we gave feedback on request and the candidate contested the feedback, then went out on a social media rampage. So yeah, we stopped after that. It only takes one bad candidate to make it not worth the effort.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jscotto</author><text>Honestly as someone who is looking for a junior role this could not be further from the truth. I just want to know how to improve so I can stop being unhappy at my current job and get a new one.</text></comment>