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@sirwumpus being on both sides of the hiring table gave me perspective. Maybe not good perspective, but perspective none the less. I was the applicant / hiree a few years ago. Before that I was on the hiring, or at least interviewing team. That company had hundreds of thousands of applicants per year. Responding to each with the same time they put in their application was quite untenable. Responding to candidates that made it to first round of interviews was polite respect. Each round reduces the pool by an order of magnitude. So we could respond to candidates more gracefully. Going from 1000 candidates to 10 for a position was hard. Going from 10 to 3 was as hard. Going from 3 to 2 to 1 was equally hard. Then after all that there was a real chamce that the candidate wouldn’t accept the offer. The time involved is staggering on all sides and for all participants. But I do believe that each candidate deserves a polite and timely answer from a human. Sadly, earlier in the process is more form letter like. I dislike it. But I get it. I’m not saying it’s correct. Just what I observed.