The effort was zero - I copy-pasted an e-mail template from the internet and volia.
Yes, this is in Europe.
I think I learned quite a lot, namely:
- why I failed the interview (I struggled to produce correct code, the code wasn't very robust and I said it's ok to put it into production)
- why I haven't failed the interview (ex. no mention of my English language skills) - which was more valuable for me than the "why I failed"
- a fairly good confidence that there's little details omitted - when they submit you a voluntary feedback they may give just the most obvious information. Ofc I didn't get the data about what was said on internal meetings.
- some insight into their internal structure, opinions of individual interviews about me etc.
I probably burned bridges with that company but after the interview neither party was interested in cooperation so I decided to give it a shot and see what happens.
I had to wait exactly 30 (or 14?) days (GDPR deadline) for the feedback to get to my mailbox.
An interviewee was unhappy with my decision and felt that they hadn't had a fair hearing - and complained.
In this case we had a standard form where we assessed candidates over multiple factors (comms skills, technical skills, etc) - so if they got to see the result they'll have seen evaluations on all of that.
I wasn't very impressed with getting the complaint (the only one out of 100+ interviews) but hopefully GDPR is a more neutral way of getting that sort of feedback these days.
> hopefully GDPR is a more neutral way of getting that sort of feedback.
Only a complete fool would comply with this request. GDPR is not a magic codeword that can force companies to give data away. I am not calling BS on OP's request, but there is absolute no way that internal communications about an applicant falls into GDPR. Basic test: did the person had to consent to "people will talk about you over email" somewhere? If not, it is not data protected by GDPR.
Yes, this is in Europe.
I think I learned quite a lot, namely:
- why I failed the interview (I struggled to produce correct code, the code wasn't very robust and I said it's ok to put it into production)
- why I haven't failed the interview (ex. no mention of my English language skills) - which was more valuable for me than the "why I failed"
- a fairly good confidence that there's little details omitted - when they submit you a voluntary feedback they may give just the most obvious information. Ofc I didn't get the data about what was said on internal meetings.
- some insight into their internal structure, opinions of individual interviews about me etc.
I probably burned bridges with that company but after the interview neither party was interested in cooperation so I decided to give it a shot and see what happens.
I had to wait exactly 30 (or 14?) days (GDPR deadline) for the feedback to get to my mailbox.