[lhorie]

Really depends on the qualifications of the candidate. Cold calling on linkedin is very prevalent these days. Even FANG does skip to the second phase of an interview loop, but only in cases where the candidate has an outstanding resume and is worth going the extra mile to poach. But for run-off-the-mill jobs, no, standard funnel is standard practice because the recruitment team at the top of the funnel doesn't have the skills to evaluate candidates in depth and the tech interviewers at the end of the funnel usually have no idea where the candidate was sourced from.