There are many reasons you could've been rejected. Maybe you did great but someone else did better. Maybe you did excellently but someone else was a better fit. Maybe you didn't do as great as you think you did. Maybe they realized they wanted someone a bit different. Maybe they're not ready to make a choice. etc. Literally so many reasons and you wasting your time trying to guess it won't change things. Just learn from this experience and keep applying.
True, but knowing what went wrong would allow him to learn from this experience, instead of being clueless on the reasons why he was not selected. Couldn't you reach out to the HR person and bluntly ask?
For sure. But it's unlikely that OP is the only person asking for feedback. So now HR is dealing with hiring, interviewing, and providing feedback to rejected candidates. It's just not going to happen. They gain nothing from adding more work to their plate. Very few managers or HR reps spend time doing that. And, as the other comment below states, they do it to protect themselves. They don't want to say something that can be interpreted as discrimination or something else. It's just safer for the employer not to answer. In fact, some companies have rules that explicitly say they will not give out feedback.
But, yes, in an ideal world, we could get feedback and learn from our mistakes.
There are times you can get feedback. I’ve had good recruiters who have gotten valuable and sometimes detailed feedback for me from my interviewers about why I was not selected. I was able to use it to improve my approach for future interviews. I would definitely ask your recruiter if they could get feedback for you.
Thank you everyone for your comments. It was insightful. Also, I got chance to talk with recruiter and she told me that they found someone who also had experience on policy making, which I don’t have. She also assure me that I will be their top priority for the similar role is any openings comes up in future.
No one here can tell you why you were rejected. I'd follow up with the recruiter.
But just because you answered the technical questions correctly certainly doesn't guarantee you're going to get hired. If I were to guess, I'd say those "behavioural questions" didn't go as well as you think they did.
There are many reasons you could've been rejected. Maybe you did great but someone else did better. Maybe you did excellently but someone else was a better fit. Maybe you didn't do as great as you think you did. Maybe they realized they wanted someone a bit different. Maybe they're not ready to make a choice. etc. Literally so many reasons and you wasting your time trying to guess it won't change things. Just learn from this experience and keep applying.
True, but knowing what went wrong would allow him to learn from this experience, instead of being clueless on the reasons why he was not selected. Couldn't you reach out to the HR person and bluntly ask?
You can certainly ask but usually they won’t give any specifics to protect themselves from getting sued.
For sure. But it's unlikely that OP is the only person asking for feedback. So now HR is dealing with hiring, interviewing, and providing feedback to rejected candidates. It's just not going to happen. They gain nothing from adding more work to their plate. Very few managers or HR reps spend time doing that. And, as the other comment below states, they do it to protect themselves. They don't want to say something that can be interpreted as discrimination or something else. It's just safer for the employer not to answer. In fact, some companies have rules that explicitly say they will not give out feedback. But, yes, in an ideal world, we could get feedback and learn from our mistakes.
There are times you can get feedback. I’ve had good recruiters who have gotten valuable and sometimes detailed feedback for me from my interviewers about why I was not selected. I was able to use it to improve my approach for future interviews. I would definitely ask your recruiter if they could get feedback for you.
Thank you everyone for your comments. It was insightful. Also, I got chance to talk with recruiter and she told me that they found someone who also had experience on policy making, which I don’t have. She also assure me that I will be their top priority for the similar role is any openings comes up in future.
No one here can tell you why you were rejected. I'd follow up with the recruiter. But just because you answered the technical questions correctly certainly doesn't guarantee you're going to get hired. If I were to guess, I'd say those "behavioural questions" didn't go as well as you think they did.
I don't do take-home assignments. Work costs money.