Some nice replies concerning helping out with interviews. I’ll share a few to round out the picture. Funnily, got an email from the person I had contacted (how he figured out who I was talking about I’ll never know) who said that it hadn’t crossed his mind either, which made me feel like less of a dolt. Anyway, here’s what you guys had to say:

“…Although XXX did not get the interview for the same company, XXX is the main industry he is focusing on and he is much more committed and motivated than me. Yet, he shared his perspective with me and listened to my selling points and made comments on them. I think this is real friendship from a real great person. As I said before, we have to be careful in making sure not to ask too much from our friends but I think people are very much happy and ready to help each other.”

The last line is very well taken, but it is difficult, sometimes, to figure out exactly where the boundary is.

“not helping is passable - though there are prob more than 1 spot for each office and by working together you both get one instead of both failing (negotiation n all that pie issue). but what really is bad are all those people who don't know what they want to do applying to every company under the sun and getting a stack of interviews. or people that just want "interview experience" but have no intention of accepting an offer. we all know that the interview selection process has a large random element (I used to interview people just cause they were cute) and these selfish wishy-washers are taking up interview spots (and perhaps job offers) from people that may desperately want to work for that company. this is really what's bad. we need a crackdown.”

Yes….maybe….I guess if I knew exactly what I wanted to do, I could agree more, but the point is a good one.

Finally, the best comment I’ve ever gotten:

“Amazing, your picture is so good that is worth printing and putting on your wheels….”

Thanks! Good night!