I think this is approximately the optimal way to play the job search process as a candidate: https://www.utsavahuja.com/p/d2039b6a-2592-4ef6-8740-a03076fd315e/ … Note in particular being organized, treating it as a sales pipeline, pursuing multiple offers in parallel, and practicing for interviews.
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This is so known to be true that some organizations have *formalized* pathways to skip that (and other proceesses) for favored candidates, and many more have informal methods to circumvent the formal processes. A repeatable way is to get someone internal enthusiastic about you.
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If you think "Hmm plausibly these sort of hidden shibboleths have distributional consequences with respect to offers received because if you went to Stanford or otherwise have network advantage then 5+ people already explained how the world actually works" then you are right.
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