Hiring managers accidentally send post-interview discussion to a job candidate, leading candidate to hear everything they had to say about her: ‘Well, that's authentic feedback’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Jun 20, 2026 1:00 PM EDT

Have you ever finished a job interview and wondered what the interviewers are now saying about you to each other?

You step out of the interview room, and the two people who just asked you a million questions are still there, leaning closer to each other to discuss whether or not you impressed them enough to hire you for the job.

Even if you do move on to the next level, you will never find out what they said about you in that room. That conversation remains a mystery, something only the two people present will ever know about… Unless you are the job candidate who shared the story below.

This candidate was fortunate enough to conduct her interview via Zoom, an online conversation between her and two interviewers. After the interview was finished, the interviewers asked the candidate to leave the virtual meeting room so they could use the space to discuss the overall business. Then, 30 minutes after the candidate left, she got an email with the recording of the entire meeting, including the conversation that followed the interview.

Everyone wants to know what other people say about them behind their back, and this candidate is no different. She immediately clicked the recording and listened to the entire feedback about her interview. She actually got a chance to hear exactly what the interviewers thought of her, without any filters or rephrasing meant to spare her feelings. We can imagine it was quite refreshing.

Whether or not the interviewers found out that the recording was sent to the job candidate remains a mystery, and who knows how many candidates before this one got the same opportunity. 

If that were to happen to you, would you have listened to the recording, or is it better not to know? And would you have come clean and told the interviewers about the mistakes? Let us know in the comments below…

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  • Two businesspeople on a work video call while working remotely from home, represented by models.
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    Two businesspeople on a work video call while working remotely from home, represented by models.

  • Y’all. Zoom Recording of post-interview discussion accidentally sent to my email.

    The gasp I gusped after I finished a zoom interview today and got an email notification about 30 minutes later notifying me of an Al generated "meeting recap” HA.
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  • The interviewers kindly asked me to sign off after we finished the interview process so they could have their daily check in meeting and discuss overall business (and of course my interview and
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  • everyone's thoughts on hiring me) I didn't think much of this but later received a recap AND full video recording of the whole meeting including the part where I stepped out.
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  • I mean, I wish there was more entertaining tea to spill, like they proceeded to on me for the next 30 minutes and I endured every second of it watching the video back, but honestly they had
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  • mostly good things to say. Nothing crazy to report. I'm on the fence if I even want the job as it's not as reliable as my current position. All in all just a hilarious mistake I feel inclined to share.
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  • A man and a woman (models) holding laptops, talking about a candidate
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    A man and a woman (models) holding laptops, talking about a candidate

  • And here's forewarning to hiring managers that use auto- recording Al integrations on Zoom - maybe think twice before conducting all in one calls. LOL.
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  • Edit: since people keep misunderstanding the way I typed this (apologies) they DID NOT s on me. It was all very positive
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  • feedback about me, but they had worries about the business in general.
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  • pardonyourmess Hahaha. Well that's authentic interview feedback; hardly anyone gets the truth anymore.
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  • Equipoisonous Early in my career I was copied on an email after my interview that said "I don't think she has enough experience.” I'm glad they didn't say anything mean as that would have wrecked me,
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  • but I think it's odd they interviewed me at all if they were looking for someone with more experience, I was only a year or so out of college.
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  • Hellie1028 No drama, no wild assumptions, no snarkiness? This sounds like a company culture that is better than most.
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  • macaronitrap Weird move on their part to use the same zoom meeting for their daily check in
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  • Mojojojo3030 Don't tell em or you'll ruin the inside scoop for the next guy
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  • Tyrilean Generally, it's frowned upon to record interviews in the first place. Recording them and then using the same meeting to hold your daily standup and discuss the candidate is crazy. They sound very disorganized.
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