Comments on: Decline a request for references before an interview http://www.RightAttitudes.com/2009/06/30/references-before-an-interview/ Ideas for Impact Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:13:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Henry http://www.RightAttitudes.com/2009/06/30/references-before-an-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-34108 John Henry Mon, 02 May 2011 14:57:56 +0000 http://www.RightAttitudes.com/2009/06/30/references-before-an-interview/#comment-34108 I recently received an interview and was requested to provide the names of two referees. One of my referees provided a reference however the second referee could not be contacted so I gave permission the interviewer to contact another possible referee indicated on my CV. After a lapse of about a week, I decided to call the interviewer to ask if the third referee had been contacted and quite unexpectedly the interviewer became very abrupt and rudely hung up on me for no apparaent reason. I was told that the interviewer would be in contact with me, nothing else, no explanation. Am I entitled to know from the interviewer if the third referee had been contacted for a reference and if so what information had been disclosed about me? I look forward to your reponse. I recently received an interview and was requested to provide the names of two referees. One of my referees provided a reference however the second referee could not be contacted so I gave permission the interviewer to contact another possible referee indicated on my CV.

After a lapse of about a week, I decided to call the interviewer to ask if the third referee had been contacted and quite unexpectedly the interviewer became very abrupt and rudely hung up on me for no apparaent reason. I was told that the interviewer would be in contact with me, nothing else, no explanation.

Am I entitled to know from the interviewer if the third referee had been contacted for a reference and if so what information had been disclosed about me?

I look forward to your reponse.

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