Understood. Perhaps my comment was ambiguous. My question is "Would you rather speak to current and former employees about their experience at the company than

Understood. Perhaps my comment was ambiguous. My question is "Would you rather speak to current and former employees about their experience at the company than to rely on potentially faked reviews, and if so, are you usually granted that request when made?" I wasn't referring to any posts criticizing or praising a company's hiring practices, although those might be helpful too (coincidentally I believe they had an article here yesterday on their engineering interviews).