Reference Check Form
Applicant Name:
Position Applied for:
Referee Name:
Referee Company:
Referee Title:
Phone Number/Contact:
Date:
Relation with Candidate and Candidate's
Background:
What was your relationship with the candidate? How long did
you work with each other (at which company)? What were
their roles and main responsibilities? What are some of their
key achievements?
Personal Character:
Can you describe a time that the candidate had to manage a
difficult situation? How did they approach or manage that?
How is the candidate like in taking feedback?
People’s Experience in Working with
Candidate:
How did they support coworkers? How is their relationship
with stakeholders across the business? For people managers:
how is their relationship with the team?
Strength and Weaknesses (Areas of
Improvement):
What would you identify to be the candidate's top 3 strengths?
What are some areas of improvement that they can further
develop on? For people managers: Can you please share the
last performance review you had with the candidate? What
was your review?
Advice to Manage Candidate
Given a chance, would you work with/ hire the
candidate again?