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Is Formation.dev bootcamp giving referrals or interviews right now?

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u/jcl274 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

I’m curious why u/michaelnovati hasn’t weighed in on this thread yet, are the allegations above true?

u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
I'm trying to avoid commenting on threads mostly with new accounts that troll and ignore replies from myself or others... been advised by Reddit employees don't feed the trolls. I love to have respectful discourse with established accounts. Someone had commented a good answer but I think they deleted: `From what I have heard they do referrals but its more limited than before because companies are hiring less and being more selective. The companies may also want a certain type of candidate, n yrs of experience, college degree, etc.` To reinforce: people should not have and should not join Formation only to get referrals, we are not a pay for play referral service and if you think your skills are amazing and you want to buy your way into FAANG, it's not the program for you. We work with people that want an efficient way to get you skills to the top tier bar and gain confidence in your skills and in interviewing. Referrals come in many sources but we can't refer you to jobs that don't exist and we never promised that: 1. The mentors you work with mostly work as senior+ engineers at top tier and FAANG companies and in a better market an a great source of strong referrals 2. We have been working on training to help people leverage their networks better for peer referrals 3. We have hundreds of years of FAANG experience on staff and though mentors, so we have a pulse on FAANG hiring from people who work there and are hiring (or not) that don't talk on Blind, etc... 4. We are talking to companies about longer time formal partnerships in all kinds of ways that might not be direct referrals, but open doors.