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As a hiring manager I can assure you that is not always practical. If someone makes it to an interview, even if it's just a first stage telephone interview, then I'll readily give feedback. If some sends a CV and then asks for feedback then I will also happily provide feedback if time permits). But recruitment is a heavily time consuming process already and some positions can receive dozens or more CVs so I don't have the time to reply to every single candidate and explain to them "Thank you for applying but unfortunately we've had better CVs through." Likewise I've never expected that when applying for other jobs either.

>>laumar+(OP)
ok, but I would think like this:

looking for a job is a heavily time consuming process, and going to a new job is a risky process. I'm too well-situated to take that time or risk on any thing that seems off. I would have to be desperate to change that calculation.

If a company does not reply I assume there are potential reasons:

1. company is disorganized, just as a company would penalize me for seeming disorganized I will certainly do the same with a potential employer. The point of a company is in some ways to be more organized than individual humans; it is, after all, an organization. If it can't or won't be organized I won't have anything to do with them.

2. Company is rude. Treating someone badly when you have no power over them is a warning sign never to let the company have power over you.

3. Company does not have good tools setup to automate responses to people whose applications it has decided not to go further with - which is a subset of company is disorganized.

So I guess there is a mismatch between our goals and needs in the requirement process.

>>bryanr+m1
#3, especially: if your company has sane mail tools, it can autorespond to every single application with a variant on this:

Thanks for applying to $COMPANY.

We will get back to you by $(TODAY + 7) if we want to start a conversation.

Sincerely,

A. Robot

>>dsr_+A9
I generally give companies a week or two to reply. If they don’t ever reply, I never apply there again. Or I’ll apply and ghost them years later. Several times.

>>within+if
This thread is a great generic example of why job posts don't enable comments.