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AFireInside · 06-12-2010, 12:36 AM

Thought some out there may have a reasonable answer to this question.

I did not have an interview, this involved a family member.

I'll try and be brief.
Job interviews for a position were scheduled for a Friday, running about an hour each until the end of the day Friday. The applicants were told they would be contacted on Monday.

Doesn't this leave very very little time to contact references? Do employers even call references these days? With interviews going until the end of the day Friday, it wouldn't be very easy to reach the references on a Friday at 4:30, so I'm assuming they will call first thing Monday morning..

I don't recall any of my references ever telling me they were contacted when I was hired at my job.....

The job posting closed very recently, so there haven't been ongoing interviews, just one day of interviews as far as we can tell.

06-12-2010, 12:36 AM	#1
AFireInside First Line Centre Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	Calling references after an interview Thought some out there may have a reasonable answer to this question. I did not have an interview, this involved a family member. I'll try and be brief. Job interviews for a position were scheduled for a Friday, running about an hour each until the end of the day Friday. The applicants were told they would be contacted on Monday. Doesn't this leave very very little time to contact references? Do employers even call references these days? With interviews going until the end of the day Friday, it wouldn't be very easy to reach the references on a Friday at 4:30, so I'm assuming they will call first thing Monday morning.. I don't recall any of my references ever telling me they were contacted when I was hired at my job..... The job posting closed very recently, so there haven't been ongoing interviews, just one day of interviews as far as we can tell.