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I am not sure if this is in the interest of any company but why not provide feedback, as it can only help the interviewees in the future and the companies attract better talent.

Even if it's not standardized, a rubrik across X attributes with a scale and a number. (Which is what I am assuming they are doing anyway -- as it sounds likes the interviewers are rating them across different dimensions)

Not sure if this is some sort of a thing to do with liability but the interviewee can get generalized feedback.

Ex: Technical skills (2/5),Communication skills (4/5) etc. and they can improve on the relevant dimensions or compare notes with other companies / candidates as well.

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I went through (and failed one part out of 3) onsite interview at Booking and afterwards they provided me a nice feedback with topics that I should strengthen. I totally agreed with the feedback as I felt I’m failing questions on those topics during the interview. Oh, and the recruiter even suggested to reapply when I strengthen those weak skills.

Experience says that in addition to liability, failed candidates just try to argue and get upset. People claim they want feedback but then claim that the interviewer must have misjudged them.

More work for the company, and leads to even more negativity in the process.

I agree with the possible liability aspect but if they are doing it already, i.e. taking notes or rubric scoring, then it's just a matter of sending a summarized version of that and hopefully it's feedback from multiple people and not just one person's opinion.

The negativity may likely exist from no response/lack of feedback -- which can be frustrating for ppl that spent time/effort), but at least as the previous poster mentioned some people do appreciate feedback.

Also, recently noticed that companies have automated questionnaires asking how the recruiting process was or can be improved -- wondering if there's any improvements based on feedback.

As a side, it's been kinda interesting to read glassdoor responses for how people were treated/felt during the whole process (timing, professionalism etc...)

I meant to post this earlier but forgot to, sorry.

Yes, I can't remember where I came across the data, but providing feedback didn't actually increase interview satisfaction, but decreased it in the aggregate.

Candidates are prone to arguing and trying to nitpick the feedback to get reconsidered. It's counter intuitive, but that's what really happened.

Interviewers can also be stubbornly wrong about their reason for rejecting your answer:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6070001

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