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Referrals from your friends do little to nothing at those companies. At Microsoft, for instance, all it does is assign a "handler" to the applications you put
by shepardrtc 10y ago
Referrals from your friends do little to nothing at those companies. At Microsoft, for instance, all it does is assign a "handler" to the applications you put in. They just let you know if anyone is looking at them. Which, as you can imagine, is useless.
Almost no one, except for maybe very high level hires, get a pass for the initial weed-out interviews.
- whenwillitstop 10y agoNot true. I'm a run of the mill developer. I had another offer, I called google, told them I had another offer. They skipped all the rounds but the final.
- shepardrtc 10y agoThey skipped screening and whiteboarding because you simply said you had another offer?
- user5994461 10y agoYou can't get into the interview pipeline without a referral.
- shepardrtc 10y agoI've gotten into the interview pipeline without a referral in other places. My friend got into the interview pipeline in Microsoft without a referral.