I was contacted by an internal recruiter multiple times over the course of a year or so. Timing was not right previously, but eventually worked out. Had numerous conversations, all good, and moved on to next stage of video interviews and a coding challenge. After devoting multiple hours to interviewing, and completing this challenge, I received no word. When I finally followed up, I received a canned response that they moved ahead with another candidate because they had been speaking with that person longer. I could not get any additional feedback about the interviews and development challenge other than the canned response. Having a lot of professional experience, I know there are a lot of bad recruiters out there, and this was another example of that. When a potential candidate devotes a significant amount of time completing various stages of the interview process, the professional expectation is to give at least a sentence or two of feedback, good or bad. It would have taken him no more than 3-5 extra minutes to provide that. From a recruiting perspective, it is in his best interest to understand why a hiring manager would move forward with one candidate versus another. It's a part of understanding your job and meeting expectations moving forward.