How to get a referral at Rippling
Getting into Rippling reliably means a referral or a warm introduction from someone who knows both of you, and most applicants never run the search that would turn that person up.
By Jerry Feng, Growth at Happenstance. Updated August 31, 2026.
The short version
A referral or a warm introduction from someone who works at Rippling is the most dependable way to land a job there, and the person who can give you one is usually reachable through somebody you already know. A former manager who moved to Rippling, or a friend whose ex-colleague sits on the hiring team, counts as that mutual, and most applicants have one without knowing it. Finding them is the real work, and it's a search you can run across the accounts you already use. Once you've got a name, ask the person with the strongest tie for a referral or an introduction, and keep the message short enough that saying yes costs them nothing.
Why the warm path beats the queue at Rippling
Rippling builds HR, payroll, IT and finance software for businesses and hires across engineering, product, sales, customer success, and operations. A company hiring at that pace gets many more applications than its recruiters can read closely, and the ones that get real attention are usually the ones with an employee's name already attached. That's precisely what a referral or a warm introduction gives you, before anyone has read a line of your resume.
The person referring you doesn't need to be a close friend. They need to be able to say, honestly, how they know you or how they know the friend who's vouching for you. A former manager who later joined Rippling fits, and so does a college classmate who introduces you to their old coworker there. Which of your people fit that description is something your own accounts can tell you.
Finding who you know at Rippling, and who knows them
Your inbox and calendar. Anybody you've exchanged email with or sat in a meeting with who now works at Rippling is a direct path, with the relationship already on record. The trouble is that memory doesn't index people by where they went after you lost touch, so those names sit unretrieved.
LinkedIn's mutual connections. Open the company page or any employee's profile and LinkedIn shows the people you're both connected to. That's useful once you already have a specific name to check.
Happenstance. Happenstance searches every account you connect, Gmail, Outlook, Google Calendar, Google Contacts, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram, plus the networks of the friends you add, and answers in plain English. Ask who you know at Rippling and you get the people, how strong each tie is, which account it came from, and for anyone a friend knows, the friend who can introduce you. Sidedoor starts from the posting instead: paste the link and it works out who in your network can refer you there. Happenstance is free. The free plan is the whole product, with usage limits on chat and web searches beyond your network. Pro raises the limits: unlimited web searches and results, higher chat limits, and CSV export. The job-search version of all this, from the first search to the offer, is on Happenstance for job seekers.
The ask
Keep it to one message under a hundred words that names the role and then says how you know each other and what you'd like them to do. When the person you're writing to is a mutual rather than a Rippling employee, ask for the introduction and add a paragraph they can forward without touching it.
Subject: Referral to Rippling
What Happenstance can see
Email is read as headers only. Message content and attachments never reach our servers. Yes. Your connections are searchable only by you, the friends you accept, and the groups you join, and sharing is always mutual. Your public profile shows a constellation of named people you know by default, which you can turn off anytime. We never share, sell, or use your data to train AI models. Happenstance is SOC 2 certified and DTI Trust Level 2; the full list of what is stored and for how long is on the security page.
Frequently asked questions
Is a referral or a warm introduction better for a job at Rippling?
Either one gets a human being to read your application, which is the entire point. With a referral, an employee submits you through Rippling's internal process; with a warm introduction, a mutual vouches for you to someone at Rippling, who may then refer you. Take whichever of the two the person you reach is comfortable offering.
What if I don't know anyone at Rippling?
You almost certainly know someone who does. Most introductions travel two steps, from a former manager who now works at Rippling or from a friend whose old teammate is there. Happenstance searches your own accounts and your friends' networks, so asking it who you know at Rippling returns the people one introduction away, along with the mutual who can make that introduction.
How do I ask someone at Rippling for a referral?
Name the role and link the posting. Then remind them in one line how you know each other and say what you'd like them to do, whether that's a referral or an introduction to the hiring manager. Stay under a hundred words and make declining easy. If you're writing to a mutual rather than a Rippling employee, ask for the introduction and include a paragraph they can forward as is.
How does Happenstance find people at Rippling?
Connect the accounts you already use, Gmail, Outlook, Google Calendar, Google Contacts, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram, then ask in plain English who you know at Rippling. Each result shows how well you know the person and which account the tie came from, and anyone reached through a friend comes with the friend who can introduce you. Sidedoor works the same way from a job posting you paste in. Happenstance is free, and Pro raises the limits.
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