That does seem like a great approach when it works, but I expect it wouldn't work for the majority of people/positions. A few thoughts off the top of my head:

That does seem like a great approach when it works, but I expect it wouldn't work for the majority of people/positions. A few thoughts off the top of my head: - You need to be available for contracting work, but many people prefer to go from one full-time job to another. Or they might not want to leave their current job, unless they get a much better offer. - You need to be in the right location. Relocating without a job offer is risky. - Especially strong candidates are likely to get many offers when they go looking, which is a good position to be in for salary negotiations. But work-as-interview arrangements make it hard to interview with more than one company at a time. - Anything resembling visa support is probably off the table.