Reference questions

The General question set asks how the reference knows the candidate, the role, and whether they would work together again. Answers are not scored.

Updated 10 of 10 in Results and reports

Who it is for. An employer choosing the questions on a reference request, and a reference answering them.

Every request includes the General question set. You can also add a short set for customer-facing, care, trades and warehouse, office, or people-manager work. Those extra questions are optional. The candidate's first name and your company name are filled in on each question. A request stores that wording. Changing the library later does not change a request already sent.

QuestionRequired
How do you know the candidate?Yes
What was their role, and what were the main responsibilities?Yes
What did they do especially well?No
Where could they grow, or what helped them do their best work?No
How dependable were they about showing up, commitments, and follow-through?No
How did they work with coworkers, customers, or the people they served?No
If you had the chance, would you work with them again?Yes
Anything else that would help the company understand how they work?No

A required question needs an answer. The others can be skipped. A written answer can be up to 800 characters. Answers are saved as the person types. PreHireBadge shows them as written. There is no score.

Questions stay about the work

The General set does not ask about criminal history or pay history. Custom question sets are not available yet.

Choose the set when you request references. The person who answers can read what a reference sees.

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