Great post Dinesh—I saw it first on the IAP Slack. It actually prompted me to set up an account here so I could comment.
I broadly agree, and it’s been useful to me in the past when organisations using Applied have given me application feedback such as this example.
I also agree with Vinoy that it’s a bit of a misaligned incentive problem. Could one idea be that there is an opportunity in the EA careers ecosystem for an external recruiter, who could navigate the tension between hiring managers wanting broad pools and candidates wanting feedback to help them on their journey?
Thanks for sharing the example, Saulie (and for creating an account to comment)! It is a very illustrative example of how simple feedback can be very useful for self-growth.
Is “Applied” a platform that some organizations use? It seems to be a convenient way of evaluating and providing feedback.
I think there is definitely an opportunity! The big question is whether hiring managers will take the risk to work with an external recruiter (or a new platform) in order to provide candidates with more feedback? Particularly in the starting stages where there is little push, due to misaligned incentives.
I am optimistic here simply because EA organizations care about impact, and providing feedback has a multiplicative impact on candidates.
Great post Dinesh—I saw it first on the IAP Slack. It actually prompted me to set up an account here so I could comment.
I broadly agree, and it’s been useful to me in the past when organisations using Applied have given me application feedback such as this example.
I also agree with Vinoy that it’s a bit of a misaligned incentive problem. Could one idea be that there is an opportunity in the EA careers ecosystem for an external recruiter, who could navigate the tension between hiring managers wanting broad pools and candidates wanting feedback to help them on their journey?
Thanks for sharing the example, Saulie (and for creating an account to comment)! It is a very illustrative example of how simple feedback can be very useful for self-growth.
Is “Applied” a platform that some organizations use? It seems to be a convenient way of evaluating and providing feedback.
I think there is definitely an opportunity! The big question is whether hiring managers will take the risk to work with an external recruiter (or a new platform) in order to provide candidates with more feedback? Particularly in the starting stages where there is little push, due to misaligned incentives.
I am optimistic here simply because EA organizations care about impact, and providing feedback has a multiplicative impact on candidates.