Job Reference Check
Name of Candidate: Name of Company: Person Contacted: Date: Telephone: Title:
1. List Dates of Employment: from to 2. What was your relationship to the candidate? 3. Verify the primary responsibilities according to your notes and their resume? Are these correct? 4. He/she said their starting salary was: Is this correct? 5. He /she said their ending salary was: Is this correct? 6. Comments on bonus/commission earnings? Verify earnings and accomplishments? 7. How would you compare results with others in similar functions? Much Better 8. Would you consider him/her to be an Industrious hard worker, a person who did just enough to get by or a below average worker? Industrious Worker 9. How many people did he/she supervise directly? Indirectly? 10. What is your perception of how the employees interact or think of him/her as their manager? 11. What responsibilities did he/she have in management decisions and policy formation? 12. He/she said that they left/wanting to leave their current employer for (give reason). Does that sum up to your recollection of the matter? Comments: 13. Would you say the his/her attendance on the job was Excellent Average Poor 14. What would you say are his/her strong points and assets? 15. What would you say are his/her job related weaknesses? 16. What do you feel were his/her most major accomplishments with your company? What changed as a result of his/her involvement? 17. What is the biggest change you’ve observed in him/her? Where has there been the most growth or development? 18. What do you feel frustrated him/her in this position with your company? 19. How did he/she handle himself/herself in times of conflict? 20. If you had an opening, would you reemploy him/her? Yes 21. Please address the candidate’s ability to cope with the significant pressures associated with senior management. 22. Does this person ever delay the inevitable in terms of disciplining or dismissing candidates? 23. Is there anything else you’d like to tell me that might help in forming an accurate assessment of his/her qualifications? 24. Is this person inclined to maintain smooth and amicable relations at all costs, or is he/she more likely to show their teeth when faced with adversity? Smooth amiable 25. He/she is being considered for – do you feel he/she’s capable of handling this type of position? YES Why or why not? 26. What is the best way to work with him/her to quickly maximize his/her talents and effectiveness for the company? 27. After so many years in the business, is this person still on a career track for which he/she can sustain enthusiasm and drive? 28. Summary of this job reference check is:
OUTSTANDING Overall Comments:
GOOD
SOME RESERVATIONS
NOT GOOD
This reference check was performed by: Manning Search Group LLC 150 St. Peters Centre Blvd., Suite B St. Peters, MO 63376 (636) 447-4900 Ext. email: www.manningsearchgroup.com
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