[novok]

Are they really going to tell you the "privileged" stuff 1:1 if they don't know you well, or the stupid stuff that they tell the public?

At that level, trusting people you don't know is even more risky.

[darth_avocado]

You don’t need “privileged” stuff to get an idea about how the other person thinks about things. Also, I am not talking about some “met at a conference” or “did an interview” kind of a setting, this professional work environments kind of a setting.