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getting interviews at top tech companies is hard  one of the best ways to get your foot in the door   is to get a company referral this is a referral  from someone who currently works at the company   that you're applying for and in this video  i'm going to tell you how you can get them   but first let's talk about why referrals  are important referrals help you get in   the door at companies while applying with  your resume is a totally valid strategy   some of these companies like google evaluate  hundreds and hundreds of resumes every month and   so it can be hard to stand out referrals help you  do that what's important about referrals is making   sure that someone at the company can vouch for you  ideally this is someone who knows you or can speak   to your skill set and experience but even if not  it's helpful even to have someone in the company   who can put your name in the pile to make  sure that the recruiter can look at it first   you might think that referrals are actually  only important for the interview stage   but they can actually be helpful even later in  the hiring decision process sometimes the hiring   committee at some of these companies like google  will review the candidates full packet and they'll   include the referrals and what was said about  that candidate in their decision so referrals can   be important not only for getting in the door but  even for making sure that you get the actual offer   so now that we know why referrals are important  let's talk about how to get them the best way   to get a referral is simply to find someone who  works at the company that you're applying for   now while this might not be possible often people  forget that they actually have connections with   the company they're applying for the suggestion  here is to do a simple linkedin search there are   some advanced search features and will include a  link to a blog post that describes how to perform   these search features in the description below  where you can actually browse through and find   people who have worked at the company that you are  applying for you can browse through both people   who have previously worked at the company as  well as people who currently work at the company   you might be wondering why should i look up  people who previously worked at the company   generally these people know people who  are currently working at the company   who they can then pass your resume along to and  those people can actually help provide a referral   now let's assume that you weren't able to find  folks on linkedin or it's been challenging to   find people that actually work at that company  there are a variety of other ways that you can   employ to make sure that you do an exhaustive  search to see if you can find someone to refer you   go to your school's website or contact your  school's counselor to figure out what the alumni   network website is browse through it and again do  a similar search that you did on linkedin but now   on your alumni network see if you found anyone  who works at the company they're applying for   or who might know someone who does if even that  doesn't work try posting publicly you can post   on linkedin at a big message and say hey i'm  looking to work at this company does anyone know   anyone who works there often you'd be surprised  at how willing and able people are to help you   and to help connect you to someone who works  at the company after you've broadcasted   search linkedin and search your alumni network  also try contacting close friends in this next   section we'll tell you how to actually go about  contacting these people and an effective strategy   and messaging around it that often works let's  talk about three main scenarios of how you might   ask for a referral and how you should position  them the first might be asking a close connection   0:03:17.040,1193:02:47.295 this is not you to someone who available at the company that  they themselves may have a close connection with   but you don't in this case what's important  is making it super super easy for your friend   to pass along a message to the contact that they  know the company for instance what i normally do   is i would just list out hey this is my message  could you pass this along to that person and   you could write out a full message that includes  more information about yourself your resume what   you're looking for and how you might be willing to  help support the person with the company submit a   referral on your behalf the key here is making it  as easy as possible for your friend or your close   connection to send that request to the person  that works in the company you're applying to   now the last and maybe hardest category is  asking someone who's maybe not even a close   connection this is often what's called a cold  email or you're reaching out directly to someone   and these have a very high rejection rate but  don't get discouraged what you can do is make sure   that every message that you send should be very  customized to the person that you're applying to   one thing that's bad about a cold email is if a  cold email is applicable to a variety of people as   in you could have sent that called email to five  different people that probably means it wasn't   an effective cold email every cold email that  you send should be very personalized you should   research the person and describe in detail how  you have maybe a similar background connections   and why you think you'd be a really really good  fit and really excited to work at their company   after you send that request i would recommend  sending it to a few others because often these   don't get responded to and there's maybe less than  a 10 response rate on some of these but they can   still be a really really effective way and can  radically change the outcome of your interview   if you can get a successful referral so hopefully  this helps you get a referral at the company that   you're looking for i know it may seem daunting  but if you take these steps and try it actually   can yield a lot of success referrals seem really  hard to get but with the right strategy the right   approach and thoughtfulness you can definitely  get in the door at the company that you like   after the referral if you need more  interview prep help of course check   out tryexponent.com and good luck on your  upcoming interviews and interview process