// REFERENCE CHECKS

Everyone has a hire they regret.

The red flags were probably there — buried in phone tag, meetings, and email.
Real answers in four minutes.

Send a reference check Free See what they see · 90 sec

FREE TO SEND · NO ACCOUNT FOR THEM · NO DEMO CALL

Asks get you answers.

Same five questions. Every reference. Side by side.

The friction, removed.

UpSight follows up until everyone’s in. You never chase.

What your references see.

Two questions, ninety seconds. Try it yourself.

James is considering Alex for Head of Partnerships. Two quick questions — thank you.

No account needed

Simulation — the real thing listens, and books

Send your own

They talk. It writes itself up.

The conversation gets recorded, transcribed, and filed into your questions — with the patterns across people already pulled out.

Real recording · in product

They just talked

“…we overlapped about two years. Alex ran partnerships end to end — first conversation through delivery. And they stayed with it, which is the part most people skip.”

UpSight filed it

How did you work together?

Two years; Alex owned partnerships end to end.✓

What are they exceptional at?

Staying with a partnership past the close.✓

EVERY ANSWER KEEPS ITS RECORDING

A week gone. Still guessing.

One won’t pick up. One writes six hundred generic words to get it over with — and answers two of your five questions.

Fair questions.

  • Will a busy person actually do this?

    More often than they answer an email. Four minutes, on their phone, no account to create — and they do it at 9pm on a Tuesday if that’s when they have a minute. If someone goes quiet, UpSight follows up. You don’t.

  • Does it seem impersonal for a senior reference?

    It reads as respect for their time. You’re not asking them to find 30 minutes in your calendar — you’re asking five specific questions they can answer in their own words, whenever suits them.

  • Don’t I lose what a phone call would tell me?

    That’s the part most tools get wrong — a form loses the nuance a call gives you. So they talk, and you keep the recording and the transcript next to every answer. The candor of a call, with a record you can actually compare.

Your questions, your process. UpSight collects the answers and lines them up — you make the call.

Start small. Go deep.

  1. Quick ask

    One link, two minutes.

  2. Personalized ask

    Questions tailored to each person.

  3. Group round

    Several people, side by side, follow-ups handled.

Steal our questions.

Yours to use anywhere. Better as an ask.

  1. How did you work together, and what did they own?

  2. What are they exceptional at? Be specific.

  3. Where did they need the most support or growth?

  4. Would you hire them again? Why or why not?

  5. What should their next manager know to get the best from them?

Also good for — Testimonials Win/loss Team check-ins Temperature checks Expert input Event feedback Screening

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