I don’t know. I have never referred anyone, but then in my 10+ years of experience in the software industry I have never found extremely talented or extremely untalented software engineers. Most of them, including myself, were between a 4 and a 6 or so (in a scale of 1 to 10). So, I always thought about offering referrals to strangers just by looking at their linkedin profiles/cvs/blogs. Chances are, they are also between 4 and a 6.
This whole “we hire the best of the best” and interviews with 5+ rounds should be eradicated asap.
This whole “we hire the best of the best” and interviews with 5+ rounds should be eradicated asap.