In an ideal world yes but: > Mention of someone, to make him/her aware that job may interest him/her it rarely end up in having this person mentioned applying

In an ideal world yes but: > Mention of someone, to make him/her aware that job may interest him/her it rarely end up in having this person mentioned applying for the job. I can't recall the last time it happened. > Someone saying that the company is awesome they have worked there or know the founders, ... To be honest, I don't really care what you think of the company or the founders. I want to know why. We tend to stop the mocking, it happen a lot less nowadays.