Reference Checks: Questions We Ask
Your reference will be asked the same questions commonly asked by most employers and recruiters when checking references. These questions are on the following topics:
--Your official title and job responsibilities / duties
--Your major weaknesses and strengths
--Your overall job performance and quality of work
--How you compare to other employees in similar positions
--Your ability to get along with management, co-workers (clients, customers)
--Your major accomplishments
--What kind of job they think you're best-suited to do
--Your dates of employment and eligibility for rehire
--Whether or not they recommend you for the type of job you're seeking
--If you held any other positions in the company and if you were promoted
--Why you left the company
--Your eligibility for rehire
--Your ability to be a team player and self-starter
--Your communication skills
--Your moral character (integrity, honesty)
-- If personal problems ever affected your work
--To rate your overall job performance on a scale of 1 to 10
--Your leadership, supervisory and managerial abilities (management only)
--Ability to make short and long term plans (management only)
--Administration and budgetary skills (if applicable)
--Technical skills (if applicable)
--Ability to handle stress
--Hiring abilities (if applicable)
--Questions based on information in your resume (that an employer is likely to ask about)
--Specific questions you have requested that we ask
--Ask them if they would like to say anything about you
Reference Checks > Questions We Ask
