Frequently Asked Questions

General / For Candidates:

  • HonestFeedback is a voluntary, private platform designed to improve post-interview follow-up. It gives candidates a way to request feedback and helps employers respond, decline, or close the loop—without public exposure or forced participation.

  • No. HonestFeedback is not a review platform and does not publish individual opinions, comments, or complaints. Individual exchanges remain private. Only aggregate participation patterns may be reflected through public metrics.

  • No. Participation is voluntary by design. Employers may respond, decline, or choose not to engage. HonestFeedback exists to make follow-through possible—not mandatory.

  • No. HonestFeedback does not guarantee feedback. Employers choose how—and whether—to respond.

  • Because what happens next is no longer invisible. Whether a company responds, declines, or takes no action, that behavior is reflected at an aggregate level on the public dashboard. Candidates gain clarity instead of guessing, and employers gain a clearer picture of how their follow-through shows up over time. It’s a meaningful step toward accountability in hiring—without forcing responses or putting anyone on blast.

  • No. Your request and any response remain private. HonestFeedback does not publish individual candidate feedback or identify candidates publicly.

  • No. HonestFeedback is designed to be respectful, structured, and professional. Requests are neutral and non-confrontational, and employers are never penalized for declining or choosing not to engage.

For Employers:

  • No. Employers are never required to respond. You may respond, decline, or take no action.

  • Nothing happens at the individual level. However, at an aggregate level, patterns of response, decline, and non-response are reflected through the Follow-Through Index™, alongside overall participation trends.

  • HonestFeedback is designed with structure, privacy, and defensibility in mind. Feedback options can be structured and supported by AI-assisted guidance, helping employers communicate thoughtfully and consistently.

  • HF Certified™ is recognition earned by organizations that demonstrate consistent follow-through over time. It is not a one-time badge and cannot be self-claimed—it reflects sustained behavior. (It’s similar to Great Place to Work but specifically for hiring/interview follow-through.)

  • HonestFeedback helps employers improve candidate experience, identify patterns, strengthen employer brand, and reinforce trust—without adding operational burden or public exposure.

Transparency & Metrics:

  • The Follow-Through Index™ is an aggregate metric that reflects employer behavior over time—responses, declines, and non-responses—without exposing individual exchanges.

  • Only high-level participation metrics are public. Individual responses, candidate identities, and private exchanges are never shared.

For Investors & Partners:

  • HonestFeedback does not compete with ATS or sourcing tools. It fills a gap they were never designed to address: post-interview follow-through and accountability.

  • It turns a widespread but unmeasured behavior—silence after interviews—into visible, improvable patterns that benefit candidates, employers, and the broader hiring ecosystem.

  • HonestFeedback combines behavioral data, voluntary participation, privacy-first design, and emerging standards like HF Certified™ into a system that becomes more valuable as adoption grows.

  • To establish follow-through as a measurable, trusted standard in hiring—where clarity, accountability, and respect are built into the process, not left to chance.