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Yes I have used TripleByte. I haven’t gotten any job offers (probable due to interviewing in February right before COVID-19 went big). So I’m aware of how their

• xenihn 6y ago
  >A middle man advocates for you Triplebyte is doing this by making you pass their assessment prior to listing you. Your presence on their platform is them selling you up. Even if they do nothing but provide an introduction between you and a third party, and have no involvement whatsoever after that (aside from taking some sort of cut), they are still a middle man, because the connection was made through them, and they vetted your skills and qualifications. It's not like LinkedIn, where you can just auth with a phone number and then put whatever you want on your profile. Triplebyte, as a company, is personally vouching for you by allowing you to appear on their platform. >sometimes even handles all the back and forth So you're saying some middle men handle all the back and forth, but not all. So is this a factor for whether they qualify as middle men or not? If so, why not just say they all do? If not, why mention it? Hired.com is very similar to Triplebyte, and I don't see how you can argue that they are not a middle man.