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I would pay if it would speed up the recruitment process, as I hate not having an answer to my applications. The 'We will contact you within 7 working days' or 'If you haven't heard from us in 14 days consider your application unsuccessful' automated responses have to end.

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Also, if I could be guaranteed completely honest and helpful feedback on any rejection.

Not just "not the right experience", but "we need someone who has built a product with xyz framework", or "looking for someone who has had a bigger leadership role before".

The problem is some people give good feedback, other people don't.

Even if you pay the $5, it doesn't mean the person giving you feedback is any good at it.

Made-up feedback is worse than no feedback.

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