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Discussion on: I went to my first interview! It was terrifying.

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Max Ong Zong Bao • Edited

A word of advice use LinkedIn to chat with a employee directly in the company you are interested in and ask for a referral.

This differentiate yourself immensely since you took the time to chat and are truly interested in the work that person is doing for that company.

It sort of helps in understanding if that company is something your interested in working after chatting with the employee.

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Sdu

I'll give this a shot. I thought I had to know a person prior a referral in that aspect though

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Max Ong Zong Bao • Edited

Yeah which is why you initiate a chat with them first.

Through LinkedIn with focus on the culture and things related to working with that company.

If you are still interested in the company while talking to that employee you can ask for a referral.

There's a lot developer positions which are filled through referrals. Most of them will be willing to help.

I do something similar as well which is to provide referrals through meetups that I attend when I'm chatting with a new person.