Asking for Feedback after interview

Stylehutz

Just asking if companies should be obliged after an interview to offer feedback where requested when not successful. I went for an interview at a company for a role on Tuesday last week and thought I had all the relevent experience and put up a good interview.

I then next day got the usual bog standard rejection email reply by The HR manager who was one of 2 people interviewing me stating, Dear ****. Thank you for applying and attending the interview yesterday but we are not going to proceed any further with you application. (No reason given):eek:.
I immediately replied back to the email (within 10 minutes) asking for feedback but that appears to have been ignored and am now not holding my breath that I am going to get a reply or feedback offered.

I suppose if I wanted to be really awkward I could request a copy of the notes that both of them made during an interview because I have heard you can now do this.

It appears now that companies treat you like crap and are just allowed to get away with it.

Takeaway_Addict

Stylehutz wrote: »

Just asking if companies should be obliged after an interview to offer feedback where requested when not successful. I went for an interview at a company for a role on Tuesday last week and thought I had all the relevent experience and put up a good interview.

I then next day got the usual bog standard rejection email reply by The HR manager who was one of 2 people interviewing me stating, Dear ****. Thank you for applying and attending the interview yesterday but we are not going to proceed any further with you application. (No reason given):eek:.
I immediately replied back to the email (within 10 minutes) asking for feedback but that appears to have been ignored and am now not holding my breath that I am going to get a reply or feedback offered.

I suppose if I wanted to be really awkward I could request a copy of the notes that both of them made during an interview because I have heard you can now do this.

It appears now that companies treat you like crap and are just allowed to get away with it.

Not sure they have treated you like crap to be fair. The less a company says the less likely someone will make a vexatious claim against them.

As long as they let you know you weren't successful then I don't blame them for refusing to give any more info away.

DCFC79

Stylehutz wrote: »

Just asking if companies should be obliged after an interview to offer feedback where requested when not successful. I went for an interview at a company for a role on Tuesday last week and thought I had all the relevent experience and put up a good interview.

I then next day got the usual bog standard rejection email reply by The HR manager who was one of 2 people interviewing me stating, Dear ****. Thank you for applying and attending the interview yesterday but we are not going to proceed any further with you application. (No reason given):eek:.
I immediately replied back to the email (within 10 minutes) asking for feedback but that appears to have been ignored and am now not holding my breath that I am going to get a reply or feedback offered.

I suppose if I wanted to be really awkward I could request a copy of the notes that both of them made during an interview because I have heard you can now do this.

It appears now that companies treat you like crap and are just allowed to get away with it.

Feedback doesn't have to be provided so just let it go and move on. Not sure on asking for the interview notes but hopefully someone more knowledgeable will answer.

Stylehutz

DCFC79 wrote: »

Feedback doesn't have to be provided so just let it go and move on. Not sure on asking for the interview notes but hopefully someone more knowledgeable will answer.

They were very keen to interview me replying to my covering letter being as they said very impressed with my skills and experience. Obviously not keen to employ me. A bit annoying that no reason was given in their rejection email.

DCFC79

Stylehutz wrote: »

They were very keen to interview me replying to my covering letter being as they said very impressed with my skills and experience. Obviously not keen to employ me. A bit annoying that no reason was given in their rejection email.

I do understand where your coming from. Ive had interviews like that as well and I get the rejection email, I obvioulsy didnt say what they wanted to hear. It is annoying as the application was good enough to warrant an interview. It obviously wasnt meant to be.

MoneySavingUser

Apparently you can get copies of the notes under the data protection act as they have to show you what data they hold on you.

However:
a) you might have to pay for it
b) there is no guarantee that the notes will provide an answer
c) there is no way to know if they have provided you with everything
d) if you apply there again they may have been annoyed by your prior request and dismiss your application immediately

Wyndham

There are many threads on here where people have had interviews and not heard anything at all, even that they have not got the job. So actually, they have treated you well in first of all letting you know, and second of all in doing it the day after the interview.

I have given feedback in the past, but sometimes it can be very difficult - on the day there are two candidates and one just has the edge - it can be something quite small, and it's not that the other person couldn't do the job, just that someone pipped them to it.

MissSarah1972

I had an interview where I was told 'you are the only one out of 3 we are seeing who has industry experience and you are the only one who has used the accounts package that we use' only to get an email the next day saying they had offered the job to someone who had used the system they use before. Wonder if he made a mistake with the email or lied when interviewing me.

If they give no feedback who cares, move on. Their loss.

scooby088

I don't think feedback is important at all, after all it's only one persons opinion of you and if you haven't got the job then their opinion is you are not suitable for the job.

Stylehutz

Thanks for the replies, I don't usually ask for feedback from job interviews but in this case I know that I gave a very good interview being totally prepared and had all the relevent experience for the role.

It would have been nice to have known what the deciding factor was as to why I wasn't offered the role but this request of feedback appears to have been ignored by the interviewers.

I am sure that many of you will agree that without feedback it can be difficult to know what you are doing wrong or why you didn't get the job

The consensus of opinion is that I should forget about it and move on which Is what I will probably do.

DCFC79

Stylehutz wrote: »

I am sure that many of you will agree that without feedback it can be difficult to know what you are doing wrong or why you didn't get the job

Ye sit is hard to know where you went wrong or anything you could change for future interviews.

If you dwell on it too much you end up focusing on why you didnt get that job when you should be preparing for the next interview, well thats my thoughts anyway.