reference checks
also referred to as: reference check
4 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Aug 14, 2022 by Shishir Mehrotra · across every show →
Everything said about reference checks, oldest first
Aug 14, 2022 positive
Mehrotra: Coda ranks reference checks first, work exercises second, and standard interviews last
“But if I had to stack rank in, in interviewing, what do I look for? Reference check at the top, you know, work product and presentation next, and then all the interviews. If when they disagree, that's the order we judge it.”
Aug 14, 2022 positive
Hiring managers should hide preferred candidate traits during reference checks
“The other way I like to do it is to provide contrast, to give the person an out, to not make it obvious to them that I have this ranking. And so I'll say things like when you think about this person and I I'll give you four different personas... And I won't te…”
Oct 13, 2022 negative
Hiring managers refusing to allow reverse reference checks are red flags
“And if a company says no, or a person says no. I think that actually says a bit more about them than, you know, anything else, if they're trying to kind of withhold that from you, because why would you? If I'm a great manager, I'm happy to have you talk to peo…”