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<blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">Horseleech</strong> said:</div><div><blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">Rockadelic</strong> said:</div><div><blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">Almond</strong> said:</div><div>Do any of you employers give applicants reasons why they weren't hired? I'm currently a graduate level student intern, and it took a couple of rejections before I landed this gig. Each time, I thanked the interviewer and asked what I could have improved. The response is usually "nothing, we just had a competitive pool." I'm never going to see these folks again and I wish they had the balls to hurt my feelings a little. <br />
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	I work in labor market research and from all that I read at work, I know I'm lucky to have a paid student position at all. At this point, I'll be happy to make $30k-$40k a year once I finish school, although that wouldn't be fair compensation for my degree (economics).</div></blockquote>
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	I did tell the young lady who could only work 28 hours that the job was not that flexible.<br />
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	BUT<br />
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	You have to be REALLY careful about what questions you ask and what you say during an interview. Our managers have to attend classes just to make sure we don't say something that can be used in a lawsuit and that can range from the obviously biased to the politically incorrect. So I am hesitant to say things like "You spelled the name of the position wrong on your application" or "I'm concerned about those 10 years you spent in prison for murder". I doubt that in these litigious times many interviewers will tell you why you didn't get hired.</div></blockquote>
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	Yeah, Rock is right. Don't be surprised if nobody ever answers your question, Almond, they would be foolish to do so.<br />
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	Years ago I fired somebody for stealing, but that's not what I told him. I was sure he was stealing and knew his system, so I looked in his bag when he was in the bathroom and sure enough there were some expensive CDs that I knew were ours in there. I wasn't sure my search was legal, so I just looked him straight in the eye and said we were 'going in a different direction'. We both knew it was bullshit, and we both knew why he was really getting fired, but I wasn't going to jeapardize myself by saying it.</div></blockquote>
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	Yup.  When in doubt, be vague.

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