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> ANY feedback to interviewees when they were rejected

This is a lawyer thing

Without large societal changes to no longer have the US be crazy litigious, no big company will ever give you actionable feedback about your interview.



I’m skeptical. Several times in my career I’ve traced back “it’s a legal restriction” and found that it was not in fact a legal restriction. It was a mutated and distorted version of a legal restriction passed down a game of telephone, in some cases stretching back years.


Legal counsel will almost always give advice based on the worst case scenario. This isn’t reflective of the likelihood of the worst case scenario so, unless they can point to a strong amount of evidence that shows companies being sued and losing for giving feedback, blindly following such advice is just lazy. I’m more inclined to be grateful towards and have more respect for any company that gives me useful feedback than I would be vindictive.


I got some from IBM, of all places, so it's not impossible.




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