How do you ask for an informational interview on LinkedIn?

Steps

How to ask for an informational interview on LinkedIn

1. 1

   Pick a person, not a posting

   Someone whose work you can name. Alumni help. Paste their LinkedIn URL into Puvio if you use it.

2. 2

   Ask one question you cannot Google

   How platform PMs partner with that team. What broke in the last launch. Not “tell me about your journey.”

3. 3

   Time-box it

   Fifteen minutes. Offer two windows or ask them to pick. Do not send a Calendly wall in the first note.

4. 4

   Leave the résumé off the first send

   If they want it, they will ask. Copy the draft. Send it from your account. If a role exists, apply after they expect your name.

What an informational ask is not

It is not a covert job application. If the first line is “I applied to your opening,” you already wrote a follow-up. Use the follow-up page for that.

It is not a podcast interview with you as host. One question. They are at work.

When this is the right first move

Career change, like Nadia Rahman moving from customer success toward product ops. Internal curiosity, like Sofia Alvarez before an internal posting.

The record already holds the work. The note uses it. You still send it. Story: puvio.app/stories/career-change-notes