What's the protocol for this? I have a ton of first rounds coming up in January and wanted to do some networking beforehand. Is finding alumni through my schools directory/linkedin and emailing them to introduce myself/ask them for a phone conversation before my first round a good idea?
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I think it is totally fine. No reason not to.
Definitely do it, every alumni I've reached out to says it's the single most helpful thing to do. And a lot have given me actual questions that I've been asked in interviews
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