How to get a referral
Every company here is easier to enter through a person than through the queue. Each page says how to find the mutual who can open that door, and what to send once you have. 40 pages.
Big tech
How to get a referral at Amazon
The warm path into Amazon, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at Google
The warm path into Google, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at Nvidia
The warm path into Nvidia, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at Microsoft
Who you already know at Microsoft, and how to ask them.
How to get a referral at Meta
The warm path into Meta, and the mutual who can open it.
How to get a referral at Apple
The warm path into Apple, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at Netflix
Finding the mutual who can get you referred at Netflix.
How to get a referral at LinkedIn
The warm path into LinkedIn, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at Tesla
The warm path into Tesla, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at Salesforce
The warm path into Salesforce, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at Uber
The warm path into Uber, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at Airbnb
The warm path into Airbnb, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at DoorDash
The warm path into DoorDash, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
AI labs
How to get a referral at Anthropic
The warm path into Anthropic, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at OpenAI
The warm path into OpenAI, and the mutual who can open it.
How to get a referral at xAI
The warm path into xAI, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at Cohere
The warm path into Cohere, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at Perplexity
Finding the mutual who can get you referred at Perplexity.
How to get a referral at Scale AI
The warm path into Scale AI, and finding the mutual who opens it.
Finance and consulting
How to get a referral at McKinsey
The warm path into McKinsey, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at Goldman Sachs
The warm path into Goldman Sachs, and the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at JPMorgan
The warm path into JPMorgan, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
Founder-led and fast-growing
How to get a referral at Stripe
The warm path into Stripe, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at Databricks
The warm path into Databricks, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at Figma
The warm path into Figma, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at Snowflake
The warm path into Snowflake, and the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at Coinbase
The warm path into Coinbase, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at Ramp
Who you already know at Ramp, and how to ask them.
How to get a referral at Rippling
The warm path into Rippling, and the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at Deel
The warm route into Deel, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at Cursor
The warm path into Cursor, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at Vercel
The warm path into Vercel, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at Notion
The mutual who gets you into Notion, and how to find them.
How to get a referral at Canva
The warm path into Canva, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at Plaid
The warm path into Plaid, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at Harvey
The warm path into Harvey, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
How to get a referral at ElevenLabs
The warm path into ElevenLabs, and how to find the mutual who opens it.
Defense and hardware
When nobody replies
Most referral requests are never answered, and the silence is usually about effort rather than about you. Somebody opened your message between meetings, saw a job they would have to go and find, a form they would have to log into and a claim they weren't sure they could make, and left it for later. Later didn't come.
So run it on a week. Ask the day you find the person. Nothing back by the fourth or fifth day, and you send one short nudge that makes refusing easy. When the week ends in silence, apply directly and stop waiting: roles close faster than inboxes clear, and an application you sent yourself beats a referral you're still hoping for.
The nudge is two sentences and carries no guilt. “No pressure at all on the referral. If it is not something you want to put your name to, say so and I will apply directly today.” People answer that, because you've handed them the easy version of the reply.
If you ask a second person at the same company while the first is still deciding, tell them both. Two referrals landing unannounced is not twice as good, and the awkwardness of it falls on them rather than on you.
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