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non-entity on July 29, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hiring Without Whiteboards

Does this actually work in practice? From my understanding knowing someone might get you past the initial HR / ATS hell to a first round, but you mostly have to follow typical processes after that.

Trias11 on July 29, 2020 [–]

In some cases yes.

In my experience they were even apologetic "sorry, we have to do this, let's get over it".

Once the pull to get you in is in place - it will help to put a checkmark in internal bureaucracy checklist and minimize unrelated interactions.

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