Most often when you get any name of the references from your job candidates, they tend to select those who will definitely say everything positive about the person. In rare case, they will say anything very negative.  So it is important to know how to assign the significance of whom you speak to, the reliability of their response and answers when your hiring manager does any reference check. But prior to conduct any reference check, it is also important for you to do your homework well on the candidate so you can be able to verify and confirm the data you got from the job candidate during the reference check.  It is important for the hiring manager to "look" the data but not "listen", and is able to evaluate the data given by first understanding the emotional tone of people, know what questions to ask  and can see through the logics of the data analytically. 

 

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