Some companies never respond so it could help get the first call. Maybe if two candidates are otherwise equal but one has a great referral it might help. At sma

Some companies never respond so it could help get the first call. Maybe if two candidates are otherwise equal but one has a great referral it might help. At smaller companies it definitely helps, I definitely remember calling referrals to get eh scoop on people but that might not be as true at the mega corps.