In the process of interviewing with EY and I got connected with the interviewers in LinkedIn. Would it be weird if I send request to connect with a partner in the group in interviewing for in my market? The interviewers I talked to were not in my market and this is a national group. Since I haven’t had an introduction or actual call with that person yet I’m hesitant (and probably shouldn’t) but would be interested in people’s thought. :)

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I got my interview scheduled in EY BECAUSE I got connected with a partner in consulting and sent him a greeting. He saw my LinkedIn and asked me to share my resume. Go for it. Lot of partners are active on LinkedIn and may love to grow their network. But you might need to have a decent/unique profile for them to accept your request.

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I believe that I got into my current position faster because I connected with a partner on LinkedIn. I applied for the position through the website and later that night I connected with one of the partners. I sent him a message and just told him that I’d applied and knew someone who had previously worked there and had great things to say about the firm. He asked me to email him my resume directly and he responded the next day to let me know HR would be reaching out to schedule an interview. I had an offer in less than a week.

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I may be wrong but I would not like someone asking me to talk to the partner. That to me looks weird and it would be a red flag to me.

But, if had interviewed you and I thought that you have a good potential, I would be calling the partner asking him/her we can move the process along fast.

I appreciate that others may disagree with me but these are my thoughts.

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Oh I would not ask anyone to talk to the partner! This is more of me sending connection request via LinkedIn but I don’t think I’ll do it as there wasn’t a real connection point with this partner yet. Thanks for sharing your thoughts

I don't see a problem with it though personally, I would wait until after the interview. Even if you don't get the job, it would only be awkward if you believe it to be. No harm in making connections.

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I usually wait to send the connection request until after the interviews (or around the time when you decide on the job offers).

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