Have you gotten a response after asking why you weren't hired? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 months ago by kennedy@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/cs_career_questions@programming.dev

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I know the market is ass rn, I've been looking for a job since I graduated in November of last year with no luck. Every application I get a response like "you are great, your skills are great, you meet every criteria but we found someone better". I recently decided to start replying to emails to ask why I wasn't picked (I reply only to emails that aren't from no-reply or if the say I can ask for feedback). So far I have not even received one reply. Am I wasting my time??? I feel like it's just from automated systems and they don't even look at it. Is everything literally a ghost job?? If you have ever asked for feedback have you gotten anything useful from it?

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[-] veetro@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

This was several years ago and only once has a recruiter actually replied back with feedback shared by the interviewers. This was after they said, "sorry we found someone better". I reviewed the list and I saw nothing that would be considered "negative". I only found out later that the director was trying to hire their friend for the role.

Sorry if this wasn't helpful, but I guess the takeaway is that unless you completely bombed the interview, it's probably something going behind the scenes that was out of your hands.

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