How many of your professional employment references did they actually call?

I was applying at a company that wanted me to list 6 professional employment references. I asked them if they would really call that many, and they said yes. In some jobs more than ten are required they told me.





How many of your professional references did your employers call?

How many of your professional employment references did they actually call?
I've always been asked for at least 3 and usually at least 2 are confirmed. Usually employers want 3 personal references, and 3 work references. So what they'll do is ask you for employment references and then ask 3 of those to tell them about your character; while the other 3 about your work ethics and your work skills.
Reply:Who knows? Who cares? But don't lie because you don't know if they will be called or not. And, if they call one of your references, and you did not work there, you can kiss the job you're applying for, goodbye.


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Reply:I don't know how anyone could know that unless they called each reference and asked them. I'm sure it varies from company to company ,so I'm not sure how it would help you to know about my experience anyway,but good luck.
Reply:It really just depends...some call all, some dont call any. I would call your references and give them a heads up that you have used them as a reference...hope this helps :)
Reply:They actually called every single one of mine...of course, that was OK by me...my references were people who really know me and I had worked well with...I could count on to say nice things, and I gave them all a "heads up" that I was using them a reference so they would not be caught "unaware"...
Reply:All of them.