I interviewed for a TA/recruitment role and was asked to complete a sourcing exercise involving identifying candidates for a live, hard to fill vacancy.
I invested several hours into the task and produced a shortlist of strong candidates aligned to the brief. Following the process, I received a generic rejection email with no specific feedback relating to the task, sourcing quality, or assessment criteria.
I subsequently requested feedback given the time and effort involved, but did not receive a response.
My advice to future candidates would be to clarify expectations around interview tasks upfront, particularly where exercises involve live business requirements or operational work as you are essentially working for them for free on a hard to fill role.
Candidate experience matters, especially in talent acquisition hiring processes.