cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/52088358

I know the market is ass rn, I’ve been looking for a job since I graduated in November of last year with no luck. Every application I get a response like “you are great, your skills are great, you meet every criteria but we found someone better”. I recently decided to start replying to emails to ask why I wasn’t picked (I reply only to emails that aren’t from no-reply or if the say I can ask for feedback). So far I have not even received one reply. Am I wasting my time??? I feel like it’s just from automated systems and they don’t even look at it. Is everything literally a ghost job?? If you have ever asked for feedback have you gotten anything useful from it?

  • JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml
    141·
    16 hours ago

    I’ve been doing interviews for lots of years and in several companies. I give feedback to the hiring manager who is supposed to sugarcoat it a bit and forward it, but most of times there’s not much to say beyond “that’s not the right guy”.

    I rejected good candidates just because I knew that the final interview would reject them anyway for some secondary aspect that happens to be valued a lot by a manager. I also rejected good candidates because I was convinced they would not like the job and leave in a year.

    It’s not always a matter of skills and it’s not always something you can put in a formal reply.

    • mathemachristian [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      9·
      15 hours ago

      I also rejected good candidates because I was convinced they would not like the job and leave in a year.

      this is an important aspect that i think is overlooked, you dont want to oversell yourself when applying. If I were looking for a salesjob while hunting longterm jobs I would absolutely not tell them about my maths degree it would raisa such a huge red flag.