Character/Professional Reference Checks
What is possible with a Character/Professional Reference check?
This check will provide you with feedback from people who have known the candidate personally or professionally. Verifile will request the following information from referees:
- What is your relationship to the applicant?
- How long have you known the applicant?
- How did you come to know the applicant and how well do you think you know them?
- What were the main duties and responsibilities of the applicant (if relevant)?
- Please comment on the applicant's honesty and integrity.
- What do you think are the applicant's main strengths and areas for development?
- Why do you think the applicant is suited to this position?
- Is there anything else you can think of that might affect the applicant's ability to carry out the role?
- Additional comments
Structure of the check
There are two Character/Professional Reference checks listed by the API, which are:
- CharacterProfessionalReferenceUK
- CharacterProfessionalReferenceWorldwide
Both are fundamentally the same, with the UK check having the CheckReferenceContactAddress.Country field automatically set as GB.
Character/Professional Reference check fields
Field Name | UI Label | Description | Type | Min | Max | Mandatory | Value Set |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CheckReferenceContactName | Contact Name | The name of the referee | Name | Yes | |||
CheckReferenceContactAddress | Contact Address | The address of the referee | Address | No | |||
CheckReferenceEMail | Email Address | The email address of the referee | String (email) | 7 | 60 | No | |
CheckReferenceDaytimePhone | Daytime Phone | The daytime telephone number of the referee | String (telephone) | 2 | 30 | No | |
CheckReferenceEveningPhone | Evening Phone | The evening telephone number of the referee | String (telephone) | 2 | 30 | No | |
CheckReferenceFax | Fax | The fax number of the referee | String (telephone) | 2 | 30 | No | |
CheckReferenceDoNotContactReason | No Contact Reason | A reason given for not allowing Verifile to immediately contact the candidate’s referee | String | 512 | No | ||
CheckReferenceRefereeRelationship | Relationship to candidate | the candidate's relationship to the referee | String | 64 | No |
Client entry order
A typical example of a client entry order for a Character/Professional Reference check.
Request
"Checks": [
{
"CheckReferenceEMail": "api@verifile.co.uk",
"CheckReferenceDaytimePhone": "07777777777",
"CheckReferenceEveningPhone": "07777777776",
"CheckReferenceFax": "01444444444",
"CheckReferenceDoNotContactReason": "He is very busy",
"CheckReferenceRefereeRelationship": "Friend",
"CheckReferenceContactName": {
"Title": "Mr",
"FirstName": "John",
"MiddleNames": "Alan",
"LastName": "Smith"
},
"CheckReferenceContactAddress": {
"FlatNumber": "6b",
"StreetName": "Station Road",
"Town": "Bedford",
"County": "Bedfordshire",
"State": "England",
"Postcode": "MK1 0AA",
"Country": "GB"
},
"CheckType": "CharacterProfessionalReferenceWorldwide"
}
Response
"Checks": [
{
"CheckReferenceEMail": "api@verifile.co.uk",
"CheckReferenceDaytimePhone": "07777777777",
"CheckReferenceEveningPhone": "07777777776",
"CheckReferenceFax": "01444444444",
"CheckReferenceDoNotContactReason": "He is very busy",
"CheckReferenceRefereeRelationship": "Friend",
"CheckReferenceContactName": {
"FullName": "Mr John Alan Smith"
},
"CheckReferenceContactAddress": {
"AddressString": "6b Station Road Bedford Bedfordshire England MK1 0AA GB"
},
"CheckType": "CharacterProfessionalReferenceUK",
"CheckState": {
"StateDescription": "Application"
},
"Id": "10001",
"Comment": ""
}
]
Candidate entry order
A Typical example of a candidate entry order for a Character/Professional Reference check.
Request
"CheckGroups": [
{
"Quantity": 1,
"CheckTypeId": "CharacterProfessionalReferenceUK"
}
]
Response
"Checks": [
{
"CheckState": {
"StateDescription": "Awaiting candidate entry"
},
"Id": "10001",
"Comment": "",
"CheckType": "CharacterProfessionalReferenceUK"
}
]