You Are Trying to Do a Reference Check for a Potential

question 4

Multiple Choice

You are trying to do a reference check for a potential new hire, but when you contact the candidate's most recent supervisor by phone, he will only offer the candidate's dates of employment with that company. What should you do?

• A) Thank the manager and end the phone call.
• B) Ask if the manager would be willing to do an in-person interview.
• C) Quickly ask the manager if he would hire that candidate again.
• D) Quickly ask the manager if the candidate was ever disciplined in a serious way.

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Definitions:

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