[mlthoughts2018]

If a firm asks you to invest time in the interview process beyond the initial application and maybe an initial HR call, then it’s deeply unprofessional if they don’t give you some feedback about their decision.

It does not matter if they want to have a no-feedback policy for legal risk mitigation reasons or anything else, it is just simply an unacceptable way to treat a person after taking up their time. And it becomes more egregious as they take more time with more interviews or assessments.

The hard truth is that most companies are bad, in a Moral Mazes sense, and the fact that these inhumane practices get adopted by the majority is not an endorsement that they are in any sense OK or tolerable. They aren’t.

When a company fails to give sincere feedback after taking up your time, just be thankful you get to avoid them, as it seems clear it would be a toxic workplace culture.