TK
Senior Backend tidy-kestrel-318 Interviewing at Globex
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interview buddies · free
Find people interviewing where you are.
Join anonymously, see who's applying to the same companies and how far they got, and message the one who just had the interview you're preparing for.
Free · Anonymous · Leave any time
An example feed: a member interviewing at Globex, and another who applied to three jobs today.
- Free for everyone
- Anonymous handle
- Members only, no crawlers
- You choose what shows
how it works
From a handle to a conversation.
01
Join
One click. You get a random handle like amber-heron-42 — no name, no photo.
02
Meet people like you
Members ranked by the same category, the same country and region, and the companies you both applied to in the last 90 days.
03
Follow their progress
A feed of who applied where and who reached the interview or the offer, by day.
04
Ask the one who's been there
Invite a member to chat with a first message of up to 500 characters. Declining is silent.
why it works
Why help someone applying where you are?
Rarely the same seat
Even at one company, people apply to different openings, at different levels, on different timelines — and companies often hire more than one.
Shared after the loop
Most of what's worth telling comes once your own interview is over. Whichever way it went, you lose nothing by passing it on.
It runs both ways
You apply to dozens of companies. Tell one person about one loop, and you get others' notes on many — plus someone to run mock interviews with.
In the final for the same seat right now? You don't have to share anything — who you talk to is always your choice.
what others see
Your progress is visible. You aren't.
Others see
- Your handle
- Role titles, as you wrote them
- Category, seniority, skills and country
- Applications and interview or offer moves, with company and day
Nobody sees
- Your name or email
- Anything else in your CV
- Rejections and withdrawals
- The offer you accepted
- Postings pasted privately
Applications you made before joining show too. Hide any single application from the feed with one switch on the job in your tracker.
you stay in control
Leave, block or report at any time.
Block
Ends the conversation for good and hides you from each other everywhere.
Report
Sends the conversation to our moderators.
Leave
Hides you and closes your chats. Come back any time with the same handle.
faq
Questions people ask before joining.
- Will my employer or a recruiter see this?
- Not as you. Buddy pages are visible only to signed-in members of the network — not to search engines and not in the public Talent Network catalogue. Anyone with an account can join, a recruiter included, but every member appears under a random handle, separate from your Talent Network handle and username.
- Why would anyone help someone applying for the same job?
- You are rarely competing for the same seat: even at one company, people apply to different openings, at different levels, on different timelines, and companies often hire more than one. Most sharing happens after your own interview is over, when you have nothing to lose and the next person has a lot to gain. And it runs both ways — you apply to dozens of companies, so one conversation about one loop gets you others' notes on many. If you are both in the final for the same seat right now, you don't have to share anything; who you talk to is your choice.
- What exactly do other members see about me?
- Your handle, your role titles as you wrote them, and facts like your category, seniority, skills and country. In the feed, they see when you applied to a company and when you reached the interview or offer stage, by day. Never your name or email, and nothing else from your CV — so if a role title names your employer, edit it before joining. Never a rejection, a withdrawal, or the offer you accepted.
- Can I keep one application out of the feed?
- Yes. Each application you track has a switch to hide it from the buddy feed, and postings you pasted in privately never appear there at all.
- What if someone messages me in a way I don't like?
- Block them: the conversation ends for good and you disappear from each other everywhere in the network. You can also report the conversation to our moderators. Declining an invitation is silent — the other person is not told.
- Does it cost anything?
- No. Interview buddies is free for every signed-in account.
- What happens if I leave?
- You disappear from every list and feed, and your conversations close. If you come back later, you get the same handle back and old conversations can reopen.
- Will I know when someone writes to me?
- Yes. An unread message is announced by email (unless you turned activity emails off), Telegram if you linked it, and in the app. The notice says only that a message is waiting — never what it says.