When do you share your references? After first interview? After second? When you have an offer? On application? I feel like asking them at application stage is toooo early..

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I refuse to give my references before the final round. A lot of places ask for it, and I won't give it to them. My references' time is valuable, and they're doing me a favor by vouching for me; I'm not going to ask them to do so before it's absolutely necessary.

How many applications ask for this at application

When they ask. Yeah, application stage feels too early, but it's an employer's market. If they require references to submit an application, I'm doing it and trusting they won't actually call until further along in the process.

I understand the reality, but I still feel uneasy about this. I will comply if required, but I always flag that references are for later stages.

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