[kemayo]

Neither's the case. We want what we say... but we're picky, and wind up passing on a lot of applicants. It's a multi-step process, and we prefer to err on the side of passing people up, so there's lots of opportunities for perfectly qualified people to not get hired.

One downside is that we get enough resumes coming in that we don't tend to respond to someone who's rejected at the resume-evaluation stage.

[danberger]

Yeah but you should still at least respond to people. I mean, why not? It's a win-win. Candidates at least find out and you look good by showing you care enough to get back to them.

[kjackson]

It's called having some common courtesy. Companies such as yours that think it's beneath them to spend the 10 seconds to respond back to people is a huge redflag that they're filled with arrogant pricks.

[reinhardt]

Unfortunately this courtesy is anything but common in my experience, it's not the exception. Hell, I've had companies and recruiters disappear after showing initial interest, e.g. after the phone screening stage. Call me a cynic but these days I'm pleasantly surprised when I receive even a negative reply.