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Re:Ask HN: How to get job without technical interview? by ThrowawayR2 on Monday June 27, 2022 @11:46AM (#31896205)
References are worthless because nobody is going to give references that badmouth them.
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Re:Ask HN: How to get job without technical interview? by websitescenes on Monday June 27, 2022 @11:58AM (#31896407)
Even if they come from reputable and we’ll respected individuals in the field?
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Re:Ask HN: How to get job without technical interview? by warrenm on Monday June 27, 2022 @03:02PM (#31899176)
Let's say I give you three well-respected folks as "references"

That's cool - do you know them?

I'm only going to ever give you people who'll give me a good reference

So asking for references is pretty pointless

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