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Reference Check Question Kit

Turn a job description into reference questions with follow-ups and a blank notes sheet. Review the draft before a human-led reference conversation.

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No candidate data is needed. Do not paste names, resumes or contact details. Paste only the job description below. AIIA sends what you paste to an AI model provider to generate this result. We don't save a report by default. The provider's own data retention policy applies to processing.

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Minimum 40 characters. No candidate name, resume, or contact information — this tool only reads the job description. Vague or contradictory descriptions produce clarification questions instead of an assumed seniority.

Example output

Synthetic example — illustrates the structure only, not a real generated result.

Reference Check Question Kit

Role summary

A customer support role focused on owning a queue of customer tickets and a weekend rota.

Questions

  1. Can you describe a specific set of customer tickets this person owned and resolved?

    • Tests: Hands-on ticket ownership
    • From the job description: "own the customer ticket queue end to end"
    • Evidence to collect: A concrete case and this person's own role in it.
    • Follow-up: What would they do differently if they handled it again today?

  2. What was this person's experience with the weekend rota? If you never observed this, that's fine to say.

    • Tests: Weekend rota reliability
    • From the job description: "cover a shared weekend rota"
    • Evidence to collect: A specific weekend shift and how they responded.
    • Follow-up: How did they handle a very busy shift, if any?

Reference notes

Fill this in during the call. Nothing below is generated.

  • Referee relationship and context: [Not recorded]
  • Q1 observations: [Not recorded]
  • Q2 observations: [Not recorded]
  • Questions the referee could not answer: [Not recorded]

This is a synthetic example for illustration — not a real generated result.

How this works

Paste a job description for the role a candidate is being considered for. The tool drafts 6 to 10 questions a recruiter can ask a former manager or colleague, each one tied to a specific requirement in that job description and asking only about job-related work the referee actually observed. Every question explicitly allows the referee to say they never observed the relevant behaviour. This tool never contacts anyone, never scores or rates a candidate, and never asks for or accepts a candidate's name, resume, or contact information — it only reads the role you describe. Vague or contradictory job descriptions produce clarification questions instead of an assumed seniority.

Limitations

  • This is an editable draft of questions, not a validated assessment or an automated hiring decision.
  • No referee is contacted automatically — you decide whether, how, and whom to contact.
  • A quotation shown next to a question is checked against the job description you pasted; that does not mean the question itself is relevant, fair, or legally compliant for your situation.
  • Get the candidate's consent before contacting a reference.
  • Results are not saved on our servers by default and are not indexed or shared publicly.

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Which product categories offer interview agents that suggest clarifying probes when answers contradict a resume?

AI interview agent platforms are the category to look at, because they are two-way and choose the next question from what the candidate just said. One-way video and fixed chat forms cannot probe an answer as it is given. Whether a particular product flags a clash with the resume on its own is a feature to ask each vendor to show you with a real example.

  • AI interview agents ask follow-up questions based on the answer. This is the closest fit for the question.
  • Video interviewing platforms that record answers to fixed questions have no probe, because the next question does not change.
  • Chat and scheduling assistants collect short answers and book slots, so they gather less detail about the work.
  • Interview intelligence tools take notes in interviews that people run, and the human interviewer does the probing.

AI Interview Agents is an AI interview agent. The interviewer asks follow-up questions based on what the candidate says, and each score has written reasoning tied to the transcript. On this page we make no claim that any product, ours included, spots a clash between an answer and a resume by itself. See our AI interview tool comparisons for how the four categories differ.

When an answer does not match a resume, a person can probe with open follow-ups. Ask for the dates, the role and the scope. Ask what the candidate did personally, and who else can confirm it. A reference check is the place to confirm the answer, and the question kit above helps you draft those questions.