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After applying to a faceless mega-corp, I somehow found the hiring manager on LinkedIn and politely messaged them. Totally ghosted me. Later received the custom

• epiccoleman 3y ago
  Like I mentioned in the sibling, I did the same thing, and I was a bit hesitant because I figured it may come off wrong. The person in question did reply and was very nice, so I give them credit. But I think at the end of the day the maximal nudge they could give was just "hey, make sure we put eyes on this dude's resume." It's a boost for sure, and I appreciated it - but still never got an email back? I think my resume is nice, but it just doesn't give the full picture, and it's pretty hard to get across the experience that made me think I was a good fit in that format. I'm confident that, had I gotten to the initial phone screen, I'd have at least gotten to the next step in their process, but who can say. Further, who knows if I could have passed the tech portion of the interview - and this company's is apparently pretty tough. If it's tough in the leetcode sense, I would very likely not pass it (at least without studying, which I wouldn't have had time for in this situation). Anyway, was still worth it to take a shot, I have a good gig already so I'm not in the situation where I'm desperately throwing out dozens of apps - but this role did seem cool and I still think I could have done the job really well.