[arp242]

> You should also always try to get feedback about what they didn't like. Nobody likes to give that feedback, but it's surprising how often a candidate will have the wrong idea about why they didn't progress, and it's bad manners for a company to use that much of your time and not give at least minimal feedback.

To be honest, most of the times when I did get feedback I found it varying levels of patronizing, bewildering, or even downright rude. Most: not all. There are exceptions. But as a general rule, I think candidates are better off without feedback because most of the time it's just going to be garbage.

Other than this fairly minor point I agree with you. Over the years I've worked with several senior developers who have needed hand-holding every step of the way, sometimes for the most basic of stuff, on everything they do. Furthermore you don't just want to filter out the incompetent but also the assholes, which is an even harder problem.