Yep - network helps you get an interview where you otherwise would be ignored (if you haven&#x27;t gone to MIT&#x2F;Stanford&#x2F;CMU and haven&#x27;t yet worked at Google&#x2F;Facebook&#x2F;Palantir&#x2F;YC Startup), but it doesn&#x27;t get you out of the interview puzzles.<p>Only way to bypass that is to start your own company or know somebody in a powerful position.