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Is it unreasonable to add a person on linkedln that interviewed you? I want to add a person who did a phone interview with me. Is this seen as a bad gesture?
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Is it unreasonable to add a person on linkedln that interviewed you? I want to add a person who did a phone interview with me. Is this seen as a bad gesture?
interviewing professionalism job-search linkedin phone
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I have had the interviewer invite me, the potential job candidate, on LinkedIn. I was uncomfortable accepting the invite because I wasn't ready to make the connection. I didn't want them to see other people I was interviewing with.
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Is it unreasonable to add a person on linkedln that interviewed you? I want to add a person who did a phone interview with me. Is this seen as a bad gesture?
interviewing professionalism job-search linkedin phone
edited Apr 11 '13 at 23:13
Michael Durrant
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asked Aug 2 '12 at 2:55
Paul James
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Is it unreasonable to add a person on linkedln that interviewed you? I want to add a person who did a phone interview with me. Is this seen as a bad gesture?
interviewing professionalism job-search linkedin phone
edited Apr 11 '13 at 23:13
Michael Durrant
9,68122856
asked Aug 2 '12 at 2:55
Paul James
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edited Apr 11 '13 at 23:13
Michael Durrant
9,68122856
edited Apr 11 '13 at 23:13
Michael Durrant
9,68122856
edited Apr 11 '13 at 23:13
Michael Durrant
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9,68122856
asked Aug 2 '12 at 2:55
Paul James
723
asked Aug 2 '12 at 2:55
Paul James
723
asked Aug 2 '12 at 2:55
Paul James
723
723
I have had the interviewer invite me, the potential job candidate, on LinkedIn. I was uncomfortable accepting the invite because I wasn't ready to make the connection. I didn't want them to see other people I was interviewing with.
– mhoran_psprep
Aug 5 '12 at 19:06
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I have had the interviewer invite me, the potential job candidate, on LinkedIn. I was uncomfortable accepting the invite because I wasn't ready to make the connection. I didn't want them to see other people I was interviewing with.
– mhoran_psprep
Aug 5 '12 at 19:06
I have had the interviewer invite me, the potential job candidate, on LinkedIn. I was uncomfortable accepting the invite because I wasn't ready to make the connection. I didn't want them to see other people I was interviewing with.
– mhoran_psprep
Aug 5 '12 at 19:06
I have had the interviewer invite me, the potential job candidate, on LinkedIn. I was uncomfortable accepting the invite because I wasn't ready to make the connection. I didn't want them to see other people I was interviewing with.
– mhoran_psprep
Aug 5 '12 at 19:06
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It's very normal and very common.
It's become an acceptable and public way to check someone out in more detail and vica-versa.
It communicates a "I'm still quite interested in the job after the call".
It's frequently seen as providing immediate references (including actual recommendations on linkedIn) and many folks can create resume's there too.
answered Aug 2 '12 at 3:07
Michael Durrant
9,68122856
Durant: So it is better than just sending a thank you email? Also this was a phone screening. Sending an invitation wouldn't hurt?
– Paul James
Aug 2 '12 at 3:13
Durant: Also I don't know whether I have the job yet. There is still more interviews to follow.
– Paul James
Aug 2 '12 at 3:14
Sure doing it before any offers means each side is taking the chance to learn more and do due diligence.
– Michael Durrant
Aug 2 '12 at 3:26
Basically, go ahead. If they don't accept it's a useful indicator of a lack of further interest. Yes, it won't hurt (usually).
– Michael Durrant
Aug 2 '12 at 3:28
2
I agree with Michael's answer. @PaulJames, to your comment about "better than just sending a thank you," I would say no -- a LinkedIn invite should not be used in lieu of a thank-you, but you could combine the two with your invite text: "Thank you for the interview...please join my LinkedIn network (etc)". Maybe not those exact words, but you get the idea. :)
– jcmeloni
Aug 2 '12 at 12:05
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8
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I think you want to play it by ear, and take refusal with a grain of salt.
Some companies advise against such links to insulate hiring managers from the expectation of followup after the interview. Others don't care or may even encourage the link.
If you had a good rapport with the person, if they stuck out to you as particularly worth keeping contact with - then give it a shot, but don't be upset if you get ignored. Conversely, I'd advise against doing it just because you had an interview - because it's pretty likely that in 3 years you won't have any idea who these people were, or why they mattered - and LinkedIn is really geared towards sustaining professional connections...
If you'd prune your connection tree of this guy if you don't get the job, I'd say don't invite in the first place. If you think that 3 months down the line, you'd want to read a status update from him - then go for it.
edited Aug 3 '12 at 22:07
jcmeloni
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up vote
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As an interviewer I would not be a fan of this.
My feeling is that LinkedIn is a way to form a network of trusted colleagues. After one interview I am not really a colleague of yours and certainly haven't formed a trust relationship.
It would seem to me a bit awkward. I would not hold it against you in terms of the interview process, but I would not accept the invite.
answered Aug 3 '12 at 19:02
Jish
1811
3
+1 - Indeed. I don't have a problem with someone hunting down my linked-in account (as an interviewer, I will usually look at a candidate's page to know if we share any 'friends'), but an invite is too presumptive after a basic interview.
– Telastyn
Aug 3 '12 at 20:00
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3 Answers
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3 Answers
3
active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
votes
up vote
11
down vote
It's very normal and very common.
It's become an acceptable and public way to check someone out in more detail and vica-versa.
It communicates a "I'm still quite interested in the job after the call".
It's frequently seen as providing immediate references (including actual recommendations on linkedIn) and many folks can create resume's there too.
answered Aug 2 '12 at 3:07
Michael Durrant
9,68122856
Durant: So it is better than just sending a thank you email? Also this was a phone screening. Sending an invitation wouldn't hurt?
– Paul James
Aug 2 '12 at 3:13
Durant: Also I don't know whether I have the job yet. There is still more interviews to follow.
– Paul James
Aug 2 '12 at 3:14
Sure doing it before any offers means each side is taking the chance to learn more and do due diligence.
– Michael Durrant
Aug 2 '12 at 3:26
Basically, go ahead. If they don't accept it's a useful indicator of a lack of further interest. Yes, it won't hurt (usually).
– Michael Durrant
Aug 2 '12 at 3:28
2
I agree with Michael's answer. @PaulJames, to your comment about "better than just sending a thank you," I would say no -- a LinkedIn invite should not be used in lieu of a thank-you, but you could combine the two with your invite text: "Thank you for the interview...please join my LinkedIn network (etc)". Maybe not those exact words, but you get the idea. :)
– jcmeloni
Aug 2 '12 at 12:05
add a comment |Â
up vote
11
down vote
It's very normal and very common.
It's become an acceptable and public way to check someone out in more detail and vica-versa.
It communicates a "I'm still quite interested in the job after the call".
It's frequently seen as providing immediate references (including actual recommendations on linkedIn) and many folks can create resume's there too.
answered Aug 2 '12 at 3:07
Michael Durrant
9,68122856
Durant: So it is better than just sending a thank you email? Also this was a phone screening. Sending an invitation wouldn't hurt?
– Paul James
Aug 2 '12 at 3:13
Durant: Also I don't know whether I have the job yet. There is still more interviews to follow.
– Paul James
Aug 2 '12 at 3:14
Sure doing it before any offers means each side is taking the chance to learn more and do due diligence.
– Michael Durrant
Aug 2 '12 at 3:26
Basically, go ahead. If they don't accept it's a useful indicator of a lack of further interest. Yes, it won't hurt (usually).
– Michael Durrant
Aug 2 '12 at 3:28
2
I agree with Michael's answer. @PaulJames, to your comment about "better than just sending a thank you," I would say no -- a LinkedIn invite should not be used in lieu of a thank-you, but you could combine the two with your invite text: "Thank you for the interview...please join my LinkedIn network (etc)". Maybe not those exact words, but you get the idea. :)
– jcmeloni
Aug 2 '12 at 12:05
add a comment |Â
up vote
11
down vote
up vote
11
down vote
It's very normal and very common.
It's become an acceptable and public way to check someone out in more detail and vica-versa.
It communicates a "I'm still quite interested in the job after the call".
It's frequently seen as providing immediate references (including actual recommendations on linkedIn) and many folks can create resume's there too.
answered Aug 2 '12 at 3:07
Michael Durrant
9,68122856
It's very normal and very common.
It's become an acceptable and public way to check someone out in more detail and vica-versa.
It communicates a "I'm still quite interested in the job after the call".
It's frequently seen as providing immediate references (including actual recommendations on linkedIn) and many folks can create resume's there too.
answered Aug 2 '12 at 3:07
Michael Durrant
9,68122856
answered Aug 2 '12 at 3:07
Michael Durrant
9,68122856
answered Aug 2 '12 at 3:07
Michael Durrant
9,68122856
answered Aug 2 '12 at 3:07
Michael Durrant
9,68122856
9,68122856
Durant: So it is better than just sending a thank you email? Also this was a phone screening. Sending an invitation wouldn't hurt?
– Paul James
Aug 2 '12 at 3:13
Durant: Also I don't know whether I have the job yet. There is still more interviews to follow.
– Paul James
Aug 2 '12 at 3:14
Sure doing it before any offers means each side is taking the chance to learn more and do due diligence.
– Michael Durrant
Aug 2 '12 at 3:26
Basically, go ahead. If they don't accept it's a useful indicator of a lack of further interest. Yes, it won't hurt (usually).
– Michael Durrant
Aug 2 '12 at 3:28
2
I agree with Michael's answer. @PaulJames, to your comment about "better than just sending a thank you," I would say no -- a LinkedIn invite should not be used in lieu of a thank-you, but you could combine the two with your invite text: "Thank you for the interview...please join my LinkedIn network (etc)". Maybe not those exact words, but you get the idea. :)
– jcmeloni
Aug 2 '12 at 12:05
add a comment |Â
Durant: So it is better than just sending a thank you email? Also this was a phone screening. Sending an invitation wouldn't hurt?
– Paul James
Aug 2 '12 at 3:13
Durant: Also I don't know whether I have the job yet. There is still more interviews to follow.
– Paul James
Aug 2 '12 at 3:14
Sure doing it before any offers means each side is taking the chance to learn more and do due diligence.
– Michael Durrant
Aug 2 '12 at 3:26
Basically, go ahead. If they don't accept it's a useful indicator of a lack of further interest. Yes, it won't hurt (usually).
– Michael Durrant
Aug 2 '12 at 3:28
2
I agree with Michael's answer. @PaulJames, to your comment about "better than just sending a thank you," I would say no -- a LinkedIn invite should not be used in lieu of a thank-you, but you could combine the two with your invite text: "Thank you for the interview...please join my LinkedIn network (etc)". Maybe not those exact words, but you get the idea. :)
– jcmeloni
Aug 2 '12 at 12:05
Durant: So it is better than just sending a thank you email? Also this was a phone screening. Sending an invitation wouldn't hurt?
– Paul James
Aug 2 '12 at 3:13
Durant: So it is better than just sending a thank you email? Also this was a phone screening. Sending an invitation wouldn't hurt?
– Paul James
Aug 2 '12 at 3:13
Durant: Also I don't know whether I have the job yet. There is still more interviews to follow.
– Paul James
Aug 2 '12 at 3:14
Durant: Also I don't know whether I have the job yet. There is still more interviews to follow.
– Paul James
Aug 2 '12 at 3:14
Sure doing it before any offers means each side is taking the chance to learn more and do due diligence.
– Michael Durrant
Aug 2 '12 at 3:26
Sure doing it before any offers means each side is taking the chance to learn more and do due diligence.
– Michael Durrant
Aug 2 '12 at 3:26
Basically, go ahead. If they don't accept it's a useful indicator of a lack of further interest. Yes, it won't hurt (usually).
– Michael Durrant
Aug 2 '12 at 3:28
Basically, go ahead. If they don't accept it's a useful indicator of a lack of further interest. Yes, it won't hurt (usually).
– Michael Durrant
Aug 2 '12 at 3:28
2
2
I agree with Michael's answer. @PaulJames, to your comment about "better than just sending a thank you," I would say no -- a LinkedIn invite should not be used in lieu of a thank-you, but you could combine the two with your invite text: "Thank you for the interview...please join my LinkedIn network (etc)". Maybe not those exact words, but you get the idea. :)
– jcmeloni
Aug 2 '12 at 12:05
I agree with Michael's answer. @PaulJames, to your comment about "better than just sending a thank you," I would say no -- a LinkedIn invite should not be used in lieu of a thank-you, but you could combine the two with your invite text: "Thank you for the interview...please join my LinkedIn network (etc)". Maybe not those exact words, but you get the idea. :)
– jcmeloni
Aug 2 '12 at 12:05
add a comment |Â
up vote
8
down vote
I think you want to play it by ear, and take refusal with a grain of salt.
Some companies advise against such links to insulate hiring managers from the expectation of followup after the interview. Others don't care or may even encourage the link.
If you had a good rapport with the person, if they stuck out to you as particularly worth keeping contact with - then give it a shot, but don't be upset if you get ignored. Conversely, I'd advise against doing it just because you had an interview - because it's pretty likely that in 3 years you won't have any idea who these people were, or why they mattered - and LinkedIn is really geared towards sustaining professional connections...
If you'd prune your connection tree of this guy if you don't get the job, I'd say don't invite in the first place. If you think that 3 months down the line, you'd want to read a status update from him - then go for it.
edited Aug 3 '12 at 22:07
jcmeloni
21.6k87393
answered Aug 3 '12 at 20:25
bethlakshmi
70.4k4136277
add a comment |Â
up vote
8
down vote
I think you want to play it by ear, and take refusal with a grain of salt.
Some companies advise against such links to insulate hiring managers from the expectation of followup after the interview. Others don't care or may even encourage the link.
If you had a good rapport with the person, if they stuck out to you as particularly worth keeping contact with - then give it a shot, but don't be upset if you get ignored. Conversely, I'd advise against doing it just because you had an interview - because it's pretty likely that in 3 years you won't have any idea who these people were, or why they mattered - and LinkedIn is really geared towards sustaining professional connections...
If you'd prune your connection tree of this guy if you don't get the job, I'd say don't invite in the first place. If you think that 3 months down the line, you'd want to read a status update from him - then go for it.
edited Aug 3 '12 at 22:07
jcmeloni
21.6k87393
answered Aug 3 '12 at 20:25
bethlakshmi
70.4k4136277
add a comment |Â
up vote
8
down vote
up vote
8
down vote
I think you want to play it by ear, and take refusal with a grain of salt.
Some companies advise against such links to insulate hiring managers from the expectation of followup after the interview. Others don't care or may even encourage the link.
If you had a good rapport with the person, if they stuck out to you as particularly worth keeping contact with - then give it a shot, but don't be upset if you get ignored. Conversely, I'd advise against doing it just because you had an interview - because it's pretty likely that in 3 years you won't have any idea who these people were, or why they mattered - and LinkedIn is really geared towards sustaining professional connections...
If you'd prune your connection tree of this guy if you don't get the job, I'd say don't invite in the first place. If you think that 3 months down the line, you'd want to read a status update from him - then go for it.
edited Aug 3 '12 at 22:07
jcmeloni
21.6k87393
answered Aug 3 '12 at 20:25
bethlakshmi
70.4k4136277
I think you want to play it by ear, and take refusal with a grain of salt.
Some companies advise against such links to insulate hiring managers from the expectation of followup after the interview. Others don't care or may even encourage the link.
If you had a good rapport with the person, if they stuck out to you as particularly worth keeping contact with - then give it a shot, but don't be upset if you get ignored. Conversely, I'd advise against doing it just because you had an interview - because it's pretty likely that in 3 years you won't have any idea who these people were, or why they mattered - and LinkedIn is really geared towards sustaining professional connections...
If you'd prune your connection tree of this guy if you don't get the job, I'd say don't invite in the first place. If you think that 3 months down the line, you'd want to read a status update from him - then go for it.
edited Aug 3 '12 at 22:07
jcmeloni
21.6k87393
answered Aug 3 '12 at 20:25
bethlakshmi
70.4k4136277
edited Aug 3 '12 at 22:07
jcmeloni
21.6k87393
edited Aug 3 '12 at 22:07
jcmeloni
21.6k87393
edited Aug 3 '12 at 22:07
jcmeloni
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21.6k87393
answered Aug 3 '12 at 20:25
bethlakshmi
70.4k4136277
answered Aug 3 '12 at 20:25
bethlakshmi
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answered Aug 3 '12 at 20:25
bethlakshmi
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up vote
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As an interviewer I would not be a fan of this.
My feeling is that LinkedIn is a way to form a network of trusted colleagues. After one interview I am not really a colleague of yours and certainly haven't formed a trust relationship.
It would seem to me a bit awkward. I would not hold it against you in terms of the interview process, but I would not accept the invite.
answered Aug 3 '12 at 19:02
Jish
1811
3
+1 - Indeed. I don't have a problem with someone hunting down my linked-in account (as an interviewer, I will usually look at a candidate's page to know if we share any 'friends'), but an invite is too presumptive after a basic interview.
– Telastyn
Aug 3 '12 at 20:00
add a comment |Â
up vote
6
down vote
As an interviewer I would not be a fan of this.
My feeling is that LinkedIn is a way to form a network of trusted colleagues. After one interview I am not really a colleague of yours and certainly haven't formed a trust relationship.
It would seem to me a bit awkward. I would not hold it against you in terms of the interview process, but I would not accept the invite.
answered Aug 3 '12 at 19:02
Jish
1811
3
+1 - Indeed. I don't have a problem with someone hunting down my linked-in account (as an interviewer, I will usually look at a candidate's page to know if we share any 'friends'), but an invite is too presumptive after a basic interview.
– Telastyn
Aug 3 '12 at 20:00
add a comment |Â
up vote
6
down vote
up vote
6
down vote
As an interviewer I would not be a fan of this.
My feeling is that LinkedIn is a way to form a network of trusted colleagues. After one interview I am not really a colleague of yours and certainly haven't formed a trust relationship.
It would seem to me a bit awkward. I would not hold it against you in terms of the interview process, but I would not accept the invite.
answered Aug 3 '12 at 19:02
Jish
1811
As an interviewer I would not be a fan of this.
My feeling is that LinkedIn is a way to form a network of trusted colleagues. After one interview I am not really a colleague of yours and certainly haven't formed a trust relationship.
It would seem to me a bit awkward. I would not hold it against you in terms of the interview process, but I would not accept the invite.
answered Aug 3 '12 at 19:02
Jish
1811
answered Aug 3 '12 at 19:02
Jish
1811
answered Aug 3 '12 at 19:02
Jish
1811
answered Aug 3 '12 at 19:02
Jish
1811
1811
3
+1 - Indeed. I don't have a problem with someone hunting down my linked-in account (as an interviewer, I will usually look at a candidate's page to know if we share any 'friends'), but an invite is too presumptive after a basic interview.
– Telastyn
Aug 3 '12 at 20:00
add a comment |Â
3
+1 - Indeed. I don't have a problem with someone hunting down my linked-in account (as an interviewer, I will usually look at a candidate's page to know if we share any 'friends'), but an invite is too presumptive after a basic interview.
– Telastyn
Aug 3 '12 at 20:00
3
3
+1 - Indeed. I don't have a problem with someone hunting down my linked-in account (as an interviewer, I will usually look at a candidate's page to know if we share any 'friends'), but an invite is too presumptive after a basic interview.
– Telastyn
Aug 3 '12 at 20:00
+1 - Indeed. I don't have a problem with someone hunting down my linked-in account (as an interviewer, I will usually look at a candidate's page to know if we share any 'friends'), but an invite is too presumptive after a basic interview.
– Telastyn
Aug 3 '12 at 20:00
add a comment |Â
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I have had the interviewer invite me, the potential job candidate, on LinkedIn. I was uncomfortable accepting the invite because I wasn't ready to make the connection. I didn't want them to see other people I was interviewing with.
– mhoran_psprep
Aug 5 '12 at 19:06