I wish companies wouldn't fear telling you why they aren't hiring you. After a recruiter contacted me based on my LinkedIn profile, I had a great initial phone call, the job was literally the perfect thing for me, fitting my skills, experience, and passion, even my side projects I did at home, and that came out in the call. I was told to send my resume, that I would be considered for two positions. I sent in my resume, and six days later, "Unfortunately, we have decided not to move forward with your candidacy." They must have not liked something about my resume, I wish I knew what.
Another time, I had gone through three phone interviews, things seemed going great, and they had me take a technical test, given a task to write a program and given three days to do it (basically, it was to recreate something the company had already done, and I replicated it exactly). I sent in the program the next day, and was told that they literally had never received a better interview test. A week later, "You aren't what we are looking for".
