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Interviewer: Do you have any questions?
Me: When can I expect to hear back?

Interviewer: The HR will inform you
The HR never contacted me

4 years back I interviewed with a big bank
Neither the interviewer nor HR got back to me

Initially I had hope so I mailed them
Even then I didn’t get any revert

It is understandable that
I might not be deserving of that job

But I felt I deserved a feedback why?
The experience was really disappointing

Recently, a colleague & I were interviewing
“You don’t match our current requirement”

“We will send a written feedback
in a couple of days”, I told the candidate

Later my colleague: “Isn’t it unprofessional
to directly reject the candidate?”

Me: “I feel that an honest no is much better
than false hope from a delayed feedback”

“The candidate can move on
& focus on other interviews better”

Thoughts? Did I do the right thing?

Have you ever got a delayed feedback
or no feedback at all after an interview?

Comments
  • 26
    Straightforward honesty is almost always the best course. You did the right thing.

    It’s initially harder due to emotions and bruised egos, but it allows the person to move on, and most importantly: you’re not lying to them. Just expect an immediate follow-up of “what did I do wrong?”
  • 15
    We need more of people like you
  • 2
    My principle in life: Seedha, Sateek, Satya (Straight, Exact, Truth).
  • 4
    I dont know a person who was hurt for being rejected. But never hearing back, thats like a baad break up.
    Ghosting is becoming a part of culture, unfortunately.
  • 3
    I need to interview people every now and then after they make it through HR. I hate HR, all they do is try to put people in boxes and reject prime candidates based on pseudoscience - "this person who is a prime candidate for our engineering position did poorly on our HRs BS accounting-based math aptitude test so we rejected her. Instead we recommend this clueless no-experience PHD graduate".

    I know some people ask HR for feedback but the reality is that they don't know why I rejected you, because they never ^&%$ listen to what I tell them to look out for in candidates.
  • 0
    @halfflat Humans can get bent.
  • 2
    You did the right thing in being honest and blunt.
    Delaying feedback when you know the answer feels like the opposite.
  • 1
    Dude. Never stop! That should be the standard
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