We've thought about the idea of offering interviews to anyone who wants one at cost (so even if we couldn't get you a job, you could come take our interview, ge

We've thought about the idea of offering interviews to anyone who wants one at cost (so even if we couldn't get you a job, you could come take our interview, get feedback, and we could post about you publicly [with consent] if you did well and wanted the signal boost). Feels like kind of the same type of thing. In general I find it kind of hard to criticize any offering isomorphic to "we weren't offering this thing before and now we are, here's what it costs". At worst you just...don't pay for it. In particular, the article opens with: > Silicon Valley has long run on an ethos of pay-it-forward generosity, where people connect friends or acquaintances to others in their network who might be able to offer advice. which is just another way to say "hope you're in the club, because you're not going to get into it if you aren't". Surely offering the ability to buy some access to the club is better than just having it all based on personal networks.