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

submitted 4 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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[–] tyo_ukko@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

As others have said, the companies don't typically respond. This is understandable, since from the company's standpoint they can only lose. You might argue back, you might even find an angle to try to raise a stink. Even if you take the honest feedback gracefully, the company doesn't gain anything. It's unfortunate, but true.