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Your interview will probably be better onsite. They certainly won't expect you to fly-in for an interview, so no points off for doing the interview over the phone, but in-person interviews are almost always better anyway.

So let's say your interview is 5%-10% worse over the phone and the recommendation is (generously) 20% of the application, then that is 1-2% off the overall app. Maybe that helps a lot if you are borderline, but not so much if you are really solid. Whether that is worth it to you to fly-in is a personal decision.

Are you a bay area candidate temporarily abroad? What round are you in?
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Thanks everyone for your great help! I decided to fly over for the onsite interview.

@suprb, I'm actually moving to SF in April and I'm in R2.


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Thanks everyone for your great help! I decided to fly over for the onsite interview.

@suprb, I'm actually moving to SF in April and I'm in R2.


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