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		crop_rotation on May 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My friends who cheated in interviews are getting p... Referral too at this point is gamed too much. People think of referrals more as a favour that gives them brownie points than anything else.

sokoloff on May 10, 2023 [–]

100% agreed! That's why I specified "from an actual ex-colleague" rather than "from someone they once got a LinkedIn request from but knows nothing about and couldn't pick out of a police lineup".

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