Reference checks how you want them
Use ready-to-use templates to start in seconds or go custom - HiPeople’s survey builder has it all.
2,000+ teams use HiPeople to hire top talent
50+ templates to choose from
Start in seconds with more than 50 templates. Personal Reference, Professional Reference, or job-specific templates - we got your back.
Control who is a reference
Specify the number of references to gather and define their connection to the candidate. Optional: include the name of a particular references.
AI-powered
Insert a job description and get hyper-specific reference check questions to build the most efficient reference surveys.
Build surveys your way
No need for a template? Create your reference survey from scratch and populate it with pre-built modules and custom questions.
Go multi-media
Let references respond using text, multiple-choice, rating, audio, and video. Enhance their experience and increase the power of data.
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All HiPeople question modules have been designed by our people scientists building upon leading research.
What modern teams using HiPeople are saying.
“The turnaround time is great! We aren’t missing a candidate reference. Reference Checks can be a daunting task, but HiPeople makes it really easy.”
“HiPeople allows me to get mundane tasks like reference checks out of the way. Our time-to-fill went down 31% in the last year and we made 62% more hires.”
“We use HiPeople Assessments for volume hiring. With the introduction of HiPeople our work has reduced by about 50%”
“Being able to use HiPeople’s AI-enable features allows for a better screening process to make sure that we are getting the right candidates.”
“With HiPeople we are saving between 250-500 hours of screening time every year. We completely switched to a skill-based candidate assessment in pre-screening.”
“We use HiPeople to objectively assess our candidate’s skills and capabilities. The more data we have, the more we can influence our quality-of-hire.”
“HiPeople has been really helpful for us in automating the reference check process, verifying who the references are, and doing it in a much more fast and efficient way.”
“Our former reference process was really archaic, very sticky. HiPeople has really given us the ability to customize when and how we do reference checks. That is really amazing!”
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Questions you might have
The reference check process with HiPeople is streamlined and efficient: First, you have the option to create a check, utilizing either custom questions or selecting from a range of templates. Then, you invite the candidate to the platform, who in turn invites the references you specified. HiPeople takes charge from there, ensuring all necessary data is collected and analyzed thoroughly. At the end of the process, you receive comprehensive, ready-to-use reference check reports, enabling you to make informed decisions with ease.
Yes, HiPeople is versatile and designed to work across all industries. Whether you're in healthcare, tech, BPO, finance, government, NGO, or business services, among others, HiPeople's reference check process is adaptable and can meet the specific needs of various sectors, ensuring comprehensive and insightful reference checks regardless of your industry.
HiPeople is available in a wide range of languages to accommodate users from different regions, including English, Spanish, German, French, Dutch, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and Finnish. If your language is not listed, we encourage you to reach out to us. We are continually working to expand our language support and may be able to enable more languages to better serve your needs.
Yes, HiPeople offers extensive customization options for reference checks to ensure they meet your specific requirements. You can edit existing templates and save them to your library for future use, create custom questions, or utilize AI-powered custom questions to get deeper insights. Additionally, there's a hard skills library that you can use and edit to tailor your checks even more closely to the competencies that are most relevant to the position you're hiring for.
Using HiPeople for reference checks is advantageous over calling references yourself for several reasons. Firstly, it's faster, as the platform automates the collection and analysis of reference data, saving you significant time. Secondly, it's cheaper because it reduces the hours spent by your team in manually conducting reference calls, thereby lowering operational costs. Lastly, you get better data; HiPeople's structured process ensures consistent, unbiased information and insights from references, leading to more informed hiring decisions. ChatGPT can make mistakes. Consider checking important information.