Google Engineer’s LinkedIn Referral Advice Sparks Backlash

Google Engineer’s LinkedIn Referral Advice: The techie from Google advised applicants reaching out to her on LinkedIn for referrals but set out some rules for requests, which sparked a debate. A software engineer further revealed in an X post that two applicants had sent her "proper" messages and received referrals immediately due to approaching her in a "correct" manner.

"Received proper referral messages from 2 candidates on LinkedIn. Gave them a referral immediately. All you need to do is ask correctly," she said in a post.

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The software engineer even made a video on how to seek referrals on LinkedIn. "Here's a summary of what you should include in the message: Job ID and resume, coding profiles, CGPA, projects and work experience," she said.

She also emphasised on sending a "proper greeting" with the message. "Make sure the job you want to apply for aligns with your skills. Like my mom always says ‘deserve and then desire’," she added.

While many from the net were in concert with the techie about the need for formal messages, others blasted it for being an unnecessary jargon. "To all the freshers and engineers looking for a lateral switch, I hold the lowest barrier to refer. Ask me anytime, anyhow and I will help you at earliest. F**k formality and jargons," opined one user.

"Ask me 'bhaiya referral dedo' and it's done. Ain't nobody got time for 'oh I'm such a cool candidate here I have made an sop for you' I am literally getting A resume to attach. People get one achievement and suddenly it's ego central," read another post.

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"You people are so weird and egoistic, if someone ask me for a referral even with no formal stupidity, i gave them a referral like what's the big deal," wrote a third user.

Others, however, aligned with the techie's philosophy and stressed the importance of drafting formalistic yet passionate messages.

"Yeah! Good communication makes all the difference, I sometimes just wonder, people have so much free time, that, they feel the other one is also free," said one of them.

Another wrote, "Sweet, people need to start putting more efforts into their referral requests."

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