What we did at RP Longtermism’s most recent hiring rounds (not sure if it’s applicable to other departments/teams) is send rejections via email and offer rejected final round candidates a chance to call with someone on the team if they wanted to. This lets candidates opt in to talk more with team members if and only if they wanted to, and also do so at their own pace so they’re emotionally ready to call when ready.
I don’t have statistics off the top of my head, but I want to say more than half. I think people were positive about it, but it’s hard to get accurate takes when there are such strong incentives for people to just generally seem positive here, so I wouldn’t take the positive sentiment there too seriously.
What we did at RP Longtermism’s most recent hiring rounds (not sure if it’s applicable to other departments/teams) is send rejections via email and offer rejected final round candidates a chance to call with someone on the team if they wanted to. This lets candidates opt in to talk more with team members if and only if they wanted to, and also do so at their own pace so they’re emotionally ready to call when ready.
What share of people took you up on that?/Did anyone comment on the offer?
I don’t have statistics off the top of my head, but I want to say more than half. I think people were positive about it, but it’s hard to get accurate takes when there are such strong incentives for people to just generally seem positive here, so I wouldn’t take the positive sentiment there too seriously.
I see. Thanks!