▸case-01 I was recently impacted by a company-wide layoff and am applying for Senior Product Manager positions. To land these roles, I need to prove three main capabilities: driving enterprise revenue growth, leading cross-functional execution, and managing product pivots under pressure.
My potential referees are:
1. Sarah Chen (former VP of Product) - My skip-level manager. We launched our enterprise product tier together ($2M ARR impact), but I am unsure how enthusiastic she will be given her schedule.
2. Mark Evans (Tech Lead) - Peer engineer on my core squad. Witnessed my daily sprint leadership and team management during our mobile app redesign. Very friendly.
3. Elena Rostova (Director of UX) - Collaborated on a design system project 18 months ago. Good relationship, but hasn't worked with me recently.
Please generate a complete reference request kit for me containing:
- A shortlist table mapping each person to target job claims, assessing warmth, and flagging potential risks.
- Customized reach-out messages for each candidate adapted to our relationship.
- Individual briefing sheets per selected referee detailing the targeted role, the specific claim they validate, two witnessed accomplishments with metrics, and expected checker questions.
- A logistics guide covering outreach timing, per-use heads-up templates, and reciprocal favors. | fail→pass | 38,679 | 130,085 | +236% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 5,370 | 4,939 | -8% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-02 I am voluntarily resigning from my Senior Software Engineer position to target Staff Engineer roles focused on distributed systems design and technical mentorship. I need a structured reference plan.
Here are the candidates I could ask:
- Dave Miller (Engineering Manager): Direct manager for 2 years. Watched me re-architect our data processing pipeline (reduced latency by 45%) and mentor junior devs. Great working relationship.
- Priya Patel (Principal Architect): Skip-level peer who co-authored our microservices architecture design with me. Highly respected, but very senior and busy.
- Tom Baker (Former Peer, now Lead at another firm): Worked closely on cross-department API integrations for a year. Very supportive, though it was over a year ago.
Please output my reference kit formatted as follows:
- An evaluation table showing who covers which core claim, their warmth, and risk notes.
- Tailored ask messages tailored to each person's register.
- A dedicated briefing sheet for each referee outlining my target role, their primary claim, two quantifiable projects they saw me deliver, and potential questions.
- Logistics guidelines covering call timing, pre-call alert templates, and LinkedIn recommendation exchange offers. | fail→fail | 30,021 | 22,784 | -24% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 4,770 | 4,528 | -5% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-03 I recently had a complicated departure from my Director of Growth role during an executive restructuring, and I am interviewing for VP of Marketing positions. The target roles require proving three key claims: scaling customer acquisition cost efficiency, aligning sales and marketing operations, and leading high-performing growth teams.
Here are my available candidate references:
- Marcus Vance (Former CMO): Direct boss, but our relationship ended on mixed terms during the restructuring. He watched me scale paid acquisition from $100k to $500k monthly budget at 3x ROAS.
- Rebecca Torres (SVP of Enterprise Sales): Partnered closely on campaign alignment, increasing SQL conversion by 30%. Very supportive.
- Jason Wu (Growth Marketing Lead): Direct report. Saw my day-to-day team leadership and sprint execution. Highly enthusiastic.
Please create my reference package including:
- A referee candidate shortlist table detailing claim coverage, honest warmth levels, and risk notes.
- Outreach ask messages customized per relationship tone.
- One-page briefing sheets per referee specifying the role, the claim they speak to, two witnessed achievements with metrics, and likely questions.
- A logistics section outlining timing strategy, heads-up notification templates before recruiters call, thank-you steps, and mutual recommendation swaps. | fail→fail | 82,284 | 27,048 | -67% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 4,820 | 4,581 | -5% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-04 I am applying for a Principal Systems Engineer position requiring proof of database migration experience and cross-team communication. My potential references are:
1. Julia Vance (Chief Technology Officer) - She knows my name and approves my department budgets, but she never directly observed my engineering work.
2. Samir Khan (Senior Staff Engineer) - Lead architect who sat beside me and reviewed every pull request during our 6-month zero-downtime PostgreSQL migration.
Please select the primary technical claim referee and generate the outreach strategy. | pass→pass | 15,029 | 17,641 | +17% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,021 | 3,316 | +64% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-05 I need to ask my former department head, Dr. Aris Thorne, for a job reference. We had a distant professional relationship, and I am not sure if he will give me a glowing recommendation or a tepid one. Draft an initial email asking if he would be willing to serve as a reference for a Senior Research Scientist role. | pass→fail | 10,606 | 16,100 | +52% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,661 | 2,874 | +73% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-06 Write a message asking my former peer engineer, Laura Zhao, to be a reference for a DevOps Specialist application. We worked together on Kubernetes cluster automation 6 months ago. | pass→pass | 8,429 | 13,230 | +57% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,207 | 2,627 | +118% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-07 Create a briefing sheet for my referee Karen Vance (Operations Director) for a Head of Logistics application. Karen witnessed me manage the 2023 warehouse consolidation (reduced handling costs by 18%). She did NOT witness my work on the 2024 software rollout or international vendor negotiations. | pass→pass | 13,860 | 18,181 | +31% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,818 | 3,162 | +74% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-08 I am preparing the logistics section for my reference preparation guide. Provide the exact email template I should send to my referee right before a specific recruiter contacts them. | pass→pass | 9,776 | 9,716 | -1% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,575 | 2,271 | +44% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-09 Draft the final logistics checklist for candidate reference management, covering post-call steps and mutual relationship maintenance. | fail→pass | 13,737 | 16,598 | +21% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,336 | 2,843 | +22% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-10 I am targeting an Engineering Manager role requiring three core capabilities: technical architecture oversight, engineering talent retention, and cross-functional product delivery. I have three referees: Alex (Architect), Brenda (HR Director), and Charles (Product Lead). Map each person to the single capability they directly witnessed. | pass→pass | 3,565 | 17,143 | +381% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 604 | 3,150 | +422% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-11 Draft a single briefing sheet for my referee, Marcus Brody (Engineering Manager), who witnessed my project delivery metrics when I was a Senior Frontend Developer applying for a Lead UI Engineer role. | pass→pass | 13,113 | 12,804 | -2% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,922 | 2,534 | +32% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-12 Build a shortlist evaluation matrix for a candidate applying to Data Science Manager roles. One candidate referee, Robert, was a manager who gave vague feedback during annual reviews and responded slowly to recent texts. | fail→pass | 17,088 | 21,288 | +25% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,465 | 4,255 | +73% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-13 Draft two reference request ask messages for a Senior Business Analyst position: one for Dan (close peer analyst) and one for Victoria (Executive VP of Strategy). | pass→pass | 10,713 | 14,186 | +32% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,687 | 2,977 | +76% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-14 Generate a briefing sheet for my referee Sarah Jenkins (Finance Manager) who witnessed me cut AWS cloud expenses by 32% ($140k/yr). Do not add synthetic achievements. | pass→pass | 11,524 | 10,416 | -10% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,565 | 2,357 | +51% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-15 Detail the timing rules for when a job candidate should reach out to referees during a multi-stage corporate interview process. | pass→pass | 15,963 | 23,414 | +47% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,393 | 4,081 | +71% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-16 Create a candidate shortlist entry for Chloe (a former direct report junior developer) for a Staff Engineer candidate aiming to demonstrate leadership and mentoring capability. | pass→pass | 12,757 | 17,089 | +34% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,593 | 3,007 | +89% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-17 Draft a pre-call heads-up message to send to my referee Ben prior to his call with Acme Corp's VP of HR. | pass→pass | 12,961 | 8,492 | -34% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,565 | 2,026 | +29% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-18 Evaluate a potential referee, Thomas, who was my project supervisor 5 years ago at a previous company, for a current Cloud Architect application. | pass→pass | 13,468 | 12,903 | -4% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,887 | 2,787 | +48% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-19 I am updating my resume for a Senior Engineering Manager role. Here are my raw accomplishment notes from my last job: managed 12 engineers, reduced CI build times from 25 min to 8 min, migrated legacy monolith to AWS microservices. Convert these into 3 strong resume bullet points starting with action verbs. | pass→pass | 7,695 | 9,668 | +26% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,255 | 2,304 | +84% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-20 I just received a job offer for a Staff Software Engineer position with $180,000 base salary and $50,000 equity over 4 years. The market average for this level is $200,000 base. Draft a counter-offer email requesting $205,000 base salary and explaining my rationale based on market data. | pass→pass | 9,491 | 11,709 | +23% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,540 | 2,557 | +66% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-21 My former colleague Hannah asked me to write a LinkedIn recommendation for her. She was a Senior UI/UX Designer who led our mobile app redesign and established our Figma component library. Write a 150-word LinkedIn recommendation testimonial I can post on her profile. | pass→pass | 6,449 | 6,261 | -3% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,060 | 1,722 | +62% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-22 I have an upcoming behavioral interview for a Product Operations Lead position. Help me structure an answer using the STAR method for the question: 'Tell me about a time you had to deal with a difficult stakeholder during a product launch.' | pass→pass | 16,022 | 21,300 | +33% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,414 | 3,410 | +41% | 0 | 0 | — |