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So long as you wait until after you have received a rejection. I actually did this with the first bank I interviewed with and got a ton of insight. It turned out half of the 6 interviewers had really pulled for me to get the offer, and the one I received feedback from was one of them. He asked where else I was interviewing in case he had any contacts there and ended up putting a really good word in for me prior to my superday. I ended up getting the offer from that bank, so it paid off.

 
accountspayable:
Is there a good timeframe for asking for feedback? What if it's already been 2 weeks since the interview?

I think its still fine asking for feedback. The quality of the feedback, however, could vary as interviewers see a lot of people during recruiting season and tend to forget about the different interviews quiet quickly.

 

Ask them for feedback because you would like to strenghten your application. I once sent an e-mail to HR, took them about a week for them to gather feedback from my interviewers, but they replied !

 

Best is to circumvent HR and go right to any interviewers you felt you had rapport with. You have a better chance of not only getting a response, but, also, getting an accurate response as opposed to company propaganda.

 

Would definitely be a mistake. Every recruiter I've talked to has said that you should never do this. Not only is it really risky but you probably won't get an honest response anyways. The best way to get interview feedback is to do a mock interview with someone you know in the industry.

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spectzix:
so after an interview they usually ask if you any questions after asking a few questions, would it be appropriate to ask them to give you feedback? would it look bad for you?

Most of the feedback they give is useless or they refuse to give it.

 

I think to ask then and there runs counter to the atmosphere of an interview alltogether, and can actually be awkward for the interviewer - asking questions is a chance to show off, I wouldnt waste one.

 

I think you can receive interview feedback from different resources (counselor, friends) but I do not know what you would get from them by asking. Frankly, you could have done just fine and they just had one person who was better. If you try, good luck.

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You can send a simple email asking for feed back. You should send this email on a Friday afternoon rather than a Monday because they are much more likely to respond to such a request when they are in a better mood and the week is wrapping up. Sending emails on Monday's is close to the worst thing you can do because emails likely pile up early and no one is in a good mood, at least Friday there is a good chance they are sitting around talking about weekend plans by noonish in a job like asset management.

Now more importantly, what you should do is write down all the questions you were asked. Now write down all your answers. Try to do this verbatim to catch anything that would sound "bad". There is no value in adjusting your wording on paper just write it out the best you can remember. Now take those answers and questions and find someone who knows how to interview well and run it all by them.

Ideally you'll find no flags/mistakes, in that case you just got beat for a slow, not a huge deal. Now if you do find a couple of sketch answers simply adjust those answers and you'll be in better shape next time.

 

i think it would be fine, as long as you're nice about it. at the very least you would get some useful feedback that would help you at other interviews.

It would also be a good thing on its own merits (i.e. demonstrate a desire to learn), as long as you do it politely. But I don't think that would help much, because by the time you re-apply, a few years down the road, chances are they won't remember you or someone different will be doing the hiring.

 

You can certainly ask, but I doubt they're going to tell you anything but that other candidates were a better "fit" for their firm.

The firm is not going to tell you what you personally did wrong, for fear of discrimination lawsuits and simply because it's awkward for them to explain why they don't want you.

I don't really see how asking for feedback could do you any harm since you're done with the company you're asking for feedback from, and like someone else said it's doubtful anyone will remember you and you asking for feedback years down the road. But I don't see any harm in asking for feedback either..just don't expect to get any concrete answers (i.e. the interviewer is not going to tell you that he doesn't feel you are a motivated enough individual or have a cool enough personality to work at his bank).

 

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