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The last time I got a referral from an old co-worker, it got me past the resume screen and no farther. The rest of the interview was identical to what you'd fac
by lj3 10y ago
The last time I got a referral from an old co-worker, it got me past the resume screen and no farther. The rest of the interview was identical to what you'd face if you had applied cold off the street. YMMV.
- bane 10y agoYeah, I had to do an interview anyways, but the process at that point (for me at least) was more of a formality than a decider. They were basically checking to make sure I wasn't a crazy person and that the reference bonus they were about to pay my friend was worth anything. This mirrors the experience I've had at several jobs, so I don't think it's terribly rare. Where it's been different than this has been when getting referred to your everyday startup -- and usually those processes are so braindead I end up in a queue for a programming exchange that won't matter in the end. And I've interviewed at some of the biggest "startups" that regularly make front-page here -- so I'm not talking about weird edge cases.
- lj3 10y ago> Where it's been different than this has been when getting referred to your everyday startup Yeah, that's the kind of company I was referred to. I assume you don't work in startups? :)