So what are the rules for contacting someone you once interviewed in order to suggest social interaction?
NOTE: I said "social interaction" rather than "a date" because I'm asking about more general situations.
For instance, suppose you interview someone, and (unlike the guy in this incident) are not using the interview to try to find someone to date. You stick to questions specific to the job, plus more general questions about the things on their resume, including open source projects they say they contributed to.
You find them interesting and witty and enjoyed talking with them, but there is someone better qualified who gets the job.
Six months later, you are planning to attend a one day conference on an open source project you contribute to. It's a 3 hour drive to the conference. You don't know anyone in your area who works on that project to ask along to make the drive more interesting.
Then you remember the person you interviewed six months earlier is also a contributor to the project.
Is it acceptable to contact them and tell them you are driving to the conference and would like to find someone to come along to make the ride more social, and asking if they would like to be that person?
NOTE: I said "social interaction" rather than "a date" because I'm asking about more general situations.
For instance, suppose you interview someone, and (unlike the guy in this incident) are not using the interview to try to find someone to date. You stick to questions specific to the job, plus more general questions about the things on their resume, including open source projects they say they contributed to.
You find them interesting and witty and enjoyed talking with them, but there is someone better qualified who gets the job.
Six months later, you are planning to attend a one day conference on an open source project you contribute to. It's a 3 hour drive to the conference. You don't know anyone in your area who works on that project to ask along to make the drive more interesting.
Then you remember the person you interviewed six months earlier is also a contributor to the project.
Is it acceptable to contact them and tell them you are driving to the conference and would like to find someone to come along to make the ride more social, and asking if they would like to be that person?