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I once applied for a SV company, and recruiter told me I need at least 100 FB friends. I created an account and played some stupid game that gave bonuses for bringing friends. After couple of days I had 400 friends. Manager emphasized my social acumen to everyone's cheer when introducing me to my new team.

[notch656c]

Were they bilking you for contacts? Why on earth would that be a requirement? I'm wary of any job that requires me to disclose connection to non-employment related parties. It's a pretty well known scam technique used by places such as multi-level marketing to exploit someone and then toss them when sales channels through their contacts are exhausted.

[EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK]

No, that was a company with ~$5B revenues, they didn't need my contacts. My guess management thought people with many friends would be better team players.