Rejection response battlecards
Recall bounded, fair-process responses to candidate rejection objections and feedback requests.
battlecard acronym Candidate says: 'What did I do wrong?' A rejected finalist asks what they did wrong and wants a concrete explanation without reopening the decision. Use when a finalist asks for feedback after the no. Your line The decision is final, and I can share one role-related signal from the process. In the operating-plan discussion, the team needed more evidence of scaling process before adding headcount. Do not diagnose the person or imply the decision is open for debate. It is SBI-shaped: specific situation, observed behavior, and role impact. Candidate says: 'That does not seem fair.' A candidate questions…
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