Reference Checks
Collect references without leaving your ATS
Reference checking is built into Pinpoint, so your team can request, track, and review references directly from the candidate profile.
Take the pain out of reference checks
Reference checking doesn't have to mean email threads, spreadsheets, and chasing. Pinpoint handles the requests, the reminders, and the tracking so your team doesn’t have to.
Get started fast with pre-built templates for academic, employment, and character references. Each template is fully customizable and automatically aligns with your brand identity, ensuring candidates and referees have a consistent experience that reflects your employer brand.
Set automatic reminders so both candidates and referees respond sooner. Pinpoint sends follow-ups on your behalf, so your team can focus on moving candidates forward instead of chasing outstanding responses.
Track the status of every reference request, see when reminders have been sent, and view submitted referrals, all directly from the candidate's profile in Pinpoint.
Reference checks handled end-to-end
Built into Pinpoint
Pre-built reference request templates
Academic, employment, and character reference types
Fully customizable templates
Automatic brand matching for candidate and referee experience
“Having everything within one flow hosted by Pinpoint has made everything very smooth.”
Michael Easton
Head of Employee Value Proposition, citizenM
Chosen by leading talent acquisition and HR teams
Hospitality
65%
reduction in time to hire
Streamlined
casting day coordination
Increased
candidate communication
“With these new tools, we’ve set a good foundation to scale our hiring while maintaining our culture and delivering a really great candidate and employee experience.”
Michael Easton
Nonprofit
Strengthened
candidate engagement
Increased
candidate trust
Reduced
reliance on paid ads
“Pinpoint has completely changed how we work. We're more efficient, more consistent, and better equipped to give every candidate a great experience.”
Emma Bishop
Professional Services
Lower
risk of candidates stalling
Improved
visibility for TA leaders and stakeholders
3,500
employees supported in the states
“I just love that I can manage everything and every role in one place without having to jump between systems.”
Liz Mellor
Retail
Centralized
visibility on all candidates
100+
locations supported
Strengthened
hiring manager adoption
“It’s been really lovely using Pinpoint to align things a bit more. Across the board now, all of our candidates are getting a more similar experience, and the communication they’re getting is much stronger.”
Adam Barnes
Onboard
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Request, track, and review references in Pinpoint
Schedule a demo to see how Pinpoint's built-in reference checking removes the admin from your post-offer process.
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Reference checks FAQs
Automated reference check software helps hiring teams collect and manage reference feedback with less manual back-and-forth. It can make the process more consistent and easier to track.
Pinpoint delivers reference checks natively, inside the platform, so requests, responses, and reference feedback stay connected to the candidate record and the rest of your hiring context. There's no separate tool to manage or integrate.
Automating reference checks can reduce admin, speed up the final stages of hiring, and help teams collect reference feedback in a more structured and consistent way.
Yes. Reference checks are one of several capabilities Pinpoint builds in natively, alongside background checks, one-way video interviews, and interview transcription. Keeping them in the platform means fewer vendors, fewer integrations, and one clean set of hiring data.
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