Company Contacts
Pick a job you applied to. Get the people worth contacting.
Choose an application and Company Contacts finds the recruiter and hiring manager at that company, not just a generic inbox.
For your application: Senior Product Designer at Solandra Robotics
Priya Chandran
VP of Product
“Walk me through a time you shipped something the data said was wrong.”
They're checking whether you can hold a position without digging in.
Early last year our onboarding funnel tested worse with the new flow, but the drop was all in week one. I argued for holding it two more weeks, we did, and retention came out ahead by the end of the month.
If you don't have this: Say so, then reach for the closest call you have actually made: a scope cut, a launch you delayed, and what you weighed.
Find your own contacts
Pick any job you've applied to from your dashboard: 1 Career Tool Token, and get a report like the one above, for a company you're actually trying to get into.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Do referrals actually work?
More than anything else you control. A referred application gets read by a human, fast, because it turns up with a name attached. It won't make you qualified, it changes whether anyone looks.
Is it weird to message the hiring manager?
No, if you're short and specific. You applied, here's why it fits, here's one thing you'd bring. That lands far more often than people expect. What gets ignored is the long one, the generic one, and the connection request with a pitch attached.
How do I find who that is?
The posting usually names the team or who you'd report to, which is enough to find them on LinkedIn. Otherwise look for whoever runs the function. A recruiter counts too, and often replies faster.
When do I follow up?
A week or so after applying, and once after an interview. Once. Keep it short and add something, a question or an update, instead of only asking where things stand. Chasing repeatedly does more harm than silence.
Should I apply if I don't tick every box?
Usually yes. Postings are wish lists and the years-of-experience line is softer than it looks. Meet most of it and you're fine. Meet almost none and your time's better spent elsewhere.