People who have given referrals to someone you didn't actually know, how did it go? I'm nervous to hand out a referral to someone online because I don't want it to reflect poorly on me if I refer someone who isn't up to the job. And what happens if I'm asked questions about the person I refer? Am I just overthinking this whole thing?

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Overthinking — you can ask for resume / connect call prior to referring. I trust that the recruiter and team members will have good enough judgement to filter out the ones they don’t like

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You’re overthinking. You’re not actually vouching for that person. They are not hiring someone based on your referral - it’s more like here’s an interesting candidate that’s worth inviting to an interview. They will ultimately be hired based on their performance in the interviews and if they don’t perform well that’s the end of it. If it were that serious no one would submit any referral anymore unless for former colleagues whom they are intimately familiar with.

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