Asking for Feedback after interview

MissSarah1972

Stylehutz wrote: »

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.

It may have just been they did not like you. That's not a bad thing as we can not like everyone and it works both ways. There have been places were I have had interviews and where I would have taken the job as I am desperate but I didn't take to the person who was interviewing me. It's just the way it goes.

denla

MissSarah1972 wrote: »

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.

Means you are the best for the job in terms of skills and experience, but they don't like your appearance or personality.

MissSarah1972

denla wrote: »

Means you are the best for the job in terms of skills and experience, but they don't like your appearance or personality.

If that was the case they should have just stopped the interview instead of keeping me there talking for 1 hour 35 mins going over the job spec and showing my round the building. I was in a suit and well turned out so it must have been I kept them for so long haha. It was only for a 6 mth job.

jenniemiller177

Its frustrating isn't it wondering why, but as has been said its best to move on. What is meant to be is meant to be.

mountainofdebt

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.

OP -it's happened to me twice now and whilst they don't have to tell me, surely its only politeness to respond.....even if it's to say we didn't like the clothes you wore to the interview.

denla

MissSarah1972 wrote: »

If that was the case they should have just stopped the interview instead of keeping me there talking for 1 hour 35 mins going over the job spec and showing my round the building. I was in a suit and well turned out so it must have been I kept them for so long haha. It was only for a 6 mth job.

No sane employer would do that. Makes it too obvious they're discriminating you based on looks. As for personality, even if they don't like you after the first 3 minutes, they still need to complete the interview so when they make up a reason to get rid of you you can't accuse them of anything.

MissSarah1972

denla wrote: »

No sane employer would do that. Makes it too obvious they're discriminating you based on looks. As for personality, even if they don't like you after the first 3 minutes, they still need to complete the interview so when they make up a reason to get rid of you you can't accuse them of anything.

They did not make up a reason to get rid of me, the interview ended! LOL

Based on looks? Are you serious?

No they do not have to complete anything at all. There is no set interview lay out.

Stylehutz

mountainofdebt wrote: »

OP -it's happened to me twice now and whilst they don't have to tell me, surely its only politeness to respond.....even if it's to say we didn't like the clothes you wore to the interview.

Exactly, that is what I find particularly annoying(no reason at all given). If it was the other way round where I was an interviewer, I would find it to be polite and courteous to offer feedback to candidates where asked.

Simon1878

Nar they're not obliged in the slightest. When I was younger and I had little experience I often asked for feedback, I had some bad experiences with asking so soon stopped asking. The general reasons were unhelpful, unconvincing and generally completely pointless. Don't get me wrong there was definitely a few where I got a good heads up which was along the lines of "you came across as you were wanting to use the job for a stepping stone and wouldn't be committed.".

I am extremely good at interviews now and am confident I can tailor it for any job. However my issue is getting the interviews in the first place with such a terrible CV and clear commitment issues... I applied for a council job the other day which was an apprentice role but with a decent wage, I really put effort into the application for a change so was quite hopeful, was gutted when the rejection letter arrived and am tempted to see if it's one of the reasons I expect or whether it is something that I'm not aware of.

dizzyrascal

Sorry but I do think you should pursue this with at least one further email to request feedback.
You have put a lot of effort into applying and in my opinion they Should give feedback when asked for it by interviewees.
Firstly, if they think you were very close then it is nice to hear.
Secondly, we can all learn from interviews, without feedback this can be very difficult to achieve.
I once went for a job and one of the panel members arranged a time to ring and discuss feedback. She went over all my scores and gave me tips on where I could improve and gave me some examples of what they had wanted to hear.
I found this incredibly useful and will be forever grateful as I really had no idea what I was doing wrong (it was my 3rd interview with the same organisation).
I will also add that I did once chase someone for feedback from a job I seemed perfect for (on paper). It took her over a month for one of the interviewers to get back to me and it transpired during the conversation that she had completely ignored the person spec and just gone with the skills she wanted in the role (none of those skills were mentioned in the advert). She also said that after 25 years of interviewing, she knew what she was doing. (I disagree, I thought she was rubbish)