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by FlannelPancake 3970 days ago
Oh god, please don't do this. This is worse than "We decided to go a different direction," because at least that takes less time to read.

If you're not going to provide substantive feedback ("we felt like your performance on the nearest-neighbor problem was pretty rough and were looking for a more optimized solution") then just give the one liner and be done with it.

We get it: you're hamstrung because of legal liabilities. That's fine. Don't make it worse by making us read a paragraph that isn't going to be helpful for the future.

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> We get it: you're hamstrung because of legal liabilities.

At one place that rejected me the recruiter offered to tell me the reasons over the phone.

I think that sidesteps any liability problem. The phone calls leaves no paper trail, and recording it without his consent is illegal.

> recording it without his consent is illegal.

Depending on your (and his) jurisdiction. In many US states, it is legal.

I'm in California, where it is illegal.