Indeed. Part of what I was imagining in this scenario, was that the primary point of contact would be someone outside of HR (within product development, busines

Indeed. Part of what I was imagining in this scenario, was that the primary point of contact would be someone outside of HR (within product development, business intelligence, IT), since they would be the ones reviewing any pull requests. So part of my presumption was that it would be possible to make a pitch directly to someone internal to a team who could advocate for the consideration of my application at a "post-screening" level. Of course, there is plenty of room to commit a faux pas in trying to market yourself in this way, which is why I was hoping HN could share their experiences.