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Originally Posted by ManOfConstantSorrow
I don't know how it is in other cultures but hereabouts unsuccessful candidates can ask for feedback on how they came across at interview, with a view to doing better in future. As an interviewer I don't mind this at all, it takes some guts and if my feedback can help, well then I will.
It can be a bit fraught when people ask why they did not get the job, but there is no other legal answer than there was someone better suited.
Even if I wanted to, I would find it very difficult to hire anyone but the best person for the job - that is often the law and certainly company policy, and there are procedures in place to make sure that this happens and to keep an objective record
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For some jobs in the United States, some places have applicants apply by computer, either over the Internet or at a kiosk at the store. That may be as far as it goes. Many places here never give any feedback whatsoever. More and more places, even when they do offer some sort of public relations-flavored feedback, are obviously instructing workers to choose canned responses from a pick list that sometimes are ridiculously unrelated to the original inquiry.
Also here in the United States, people hire for a variety of reasons. And "the best person for the job" is subjective. Someone, somewhere had to set up the checklist that equals "best" in your company. Here, the reality is that what some organizations and companies think is the 'best' person might be the one who will work for the lowest pay, or put up with the worst hours. Or be the whitest. Or be related to the boss. Not everyone is protected in the United States. And every place I have ever worked has had people who have found ways to get around what laws do exist. Is that reprehensible? Absolutely.
However, the fact that some people are unkind or crooks or just shortsighted when it comes to hiring shouldn't stop people from continuing to look for work.