No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-interview feedback
I&#x27;m so disappointed to read comments on this thread to the effect of &quot;There&#x27;s nothing in it for the company but risk&quot;.<p>I once put in about 8 hours on a take home project at a company (well known in these parts) that I had tremendous respect for, only to get an email back with &quot;sorry, not up to par. We need someone with more experience&quot;.<p>I asked them for a couple quick points on what I could have done better. I had zero intention of fighting them on it. No response<p>The whole experience made me feel very ill, especially after putting in as much effort as I did, and obviously I feel quite differently about that company now.<p>On the other hand, 5 years ago when looking for my first tech job, a virtually unknown startup that rejected me after a take home project and day long onsite gave me very thorough and specific feedback, encouragement, and even a bunch of reading suggestions. Even though I didn&#x27;t get hired, I have very fond memories of that interview and reached out to them when I did land my first job to thank them again.<p>Did it have any tangible implications for their bottom line to give me that feedback? Not really. But they treated me with compassion rather than like garbage. I have never named and shamed the first company and never intend to, but I personally think there&#x27;s more risk involved in habitually treating people like garbage than like human beings.