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REFERENCE CHECK       date: _____________

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What was the scope of his/her work? …………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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How would you rate his/her ability to be proactive when doing his/her job? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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How would you rate his/her communication skills?

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How would you rate his/her organizational skills? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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How would you describe his/her presentation skills?

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How would you describe his/her work habits?

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Did he/she typically achieve assigned objective satisfactorily and on time? 

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How where his/her results compared to his/her peers? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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Did he/she initiate anything new or important?                                                                                                                              

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What are his/her outstanding strong points? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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Where there ever any problems with his/her work?

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I then describe the position and ask their opinion. (If you know what the position is then use this question otherwise leave it out)

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Is there any additional information you think would be helpful, for us, to accurately evaluate them?

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