I will be honest, I do not understand what you're saying. It's possible I just need more coffee.

I wrote a very lengthy comment here and deleted it a few times. I agree that these things are good in the abstract, but reality is more complicated.

> Give them updates.

But you have to consider that different processes mean different ability to even give updates. Yes, saying "give me updates" is a good thing, but a side effect of the process that Oxide uses means that there is high latency for taking an initial look at an application. In that time, there's simply nothing to update you on. More traditional hiring practices have more stages, with faster feedback for candidates, and that's one pro of the way that they do things.

> Not a fit? Tell them.

People are told "no", but again, due to the above, it can take a while before this evaluation even happens.

> Plans have changed and the role is gone/changes so they won’t even fully consider you?

This does not happen at Oxide, roles are very carefully considered, and as a smaller startup, tend to be more general. There isn't the sort of re-org shuffling that happens at large organizations.

> Buried under other work and don’t have the time to evaluate them?

This is why Oxide makes it clear that this takes a long time, up front. It is a tremendous amount of work for Oxide to run their process.