[inahga]

Sorry I should have been clearer--the initial rejection email did not contain feedback. I replied to the rejection back asking for feedback, and the CEO replied back with the senior engineer's precise feedback.

Otherwise, the test and first response you received was identical to mine.

FWIW I've never received feedback directly from a rejection email. I've always had to reply back and ask.

[LucidLynx]

Let me be honest here: I spent time to get a 'hey, nope.', and I should write an email to ask why?

If that's not a waste of time, I really don't know what else to call it...

The main issue in the room is that the feedback *should* be present with the rejection email, especially if they spent 5 minutes for a review and 3 minutes for the rejection email...