Have you ever reached out to a current employee at a company you were interviewing at on LinkedIn for an inside look? Were they ever honest about their experience and did that impact how you navigated the rest of the application process? Conversely, has someone reached out to you for your opinion about your current company, and were you honest?

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Yes, 🖐️ well to the first question. Yes it affected the process, because I burned my contact out asking questions. I had become an annoying emailing fiend. Totaled that gig.

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Are they a friend or someone you are “networking” with. If not a friend you will have what SBO1 had happen.

I've never reached out myself, but did have someone do it to me when I was at my last job. I was honest because I would've wanted someone to do the same for me. Told them the good and didn't sugarcoat the bad. They still took the job, but at least they went in with their eyes wide open.

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