[sokoloff]

That’s that company’s choice of how to conduct recruiting. Other (perhaps more competitive) companies say “you can re-apply after N months.”

I have a hard time seeing that as improperly discriminatory any more than departed employees having an “eligible for re-hire” bit set to false.

“Plenty of other fish in the sea” works both ways.

Maybe turn the question around. If someone bombed the interview, is there some additional process a company should go through to ensure they aren’t in fact the best candidate? What form might that type of inquiry take and why wouldn’t we just use that instead of the interview process for the company’s purpose in selection?