Timeline for Job offer rescinded due to factually incorrect reference. How to proceed?
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| Feb 24, 2025 at 21:12 | history | reopened | DarkCygnus♦ | ||
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| Feb 23, 2025 at 16:13 | answer | added | Dimitri Vulis | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 23, 2025 at 15:42 | answer | added | deep64blue | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 23, 2025 at 9:19 | answer | added | Rohit Gupta | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 23, 2025 at 4:37 | answer | added | M. Alan Ross | timeline score: -2 | |
| Feb 22, 2025 at 16:29 | comment | added | amartin222 | @shoover they have said that the reference provided information, which was factually inaccurate. But are refusing to tell me what that information may be, so it can be corrected. I also spoke to the reference and she shared what she said. Assuming the reference hasn’t lied, there are no factual inaccuracies I can see. | |
| Feb 22, 2025 at 0:20 | comment | added | shoover | So they're saying that the reference lied, not that you lied? | |
| Feb 21, 2025 at 22:01 | comment | added | amartin222 | @shoover the wording Ive received was information received from a reference was “factually incorrect” - the potential employer will not explain what this means and is not giving me or the recruiter the chance to clarify any factually incorrect information | |
| Feb 21, 2025 at 20:59 | comment | added | shoover | I'm unclear on what transpired here. Did the potential employer use the words "factually incorrect reference" in their rejection letter to you (and if so, what did they mean by that), or did they merely say your rejection was due to the references and the "factually incorrect" wording is coming from you? | |
| Feb 21, 2025 at 19:36 | comment | added | Anonyma | Most likely all you can do is double-check the information you provided yourself, i.e. names and contact info, and the things they also asked the one reference about. And apply somewhere else or check in with the offers you declined if it wasn't too long ago. You never know, you might get lucky if they haven't found any good candidates yet. | |
| Feb 21, 2025 at 16:08 | comment | added | David R | And perhaps someone at the company "hit the wrong button" on your offer rescinding it for the wrong reason when the company needed to stop hiring. In other words, don't assume that they gave you the correct reason. | |
| Feb 21, 2025 at 15:53 | comment | added | Tobias Kildetoft | What I meant was that either you provided the wrong contact info, or the employer misread it, and therefore ended up contacting someone you did not mean to include as a reference. It seems odd to me that they would rule you out based on the reference prociding something incorrect, as that is out of your hands. | |
| Feb 21, 2025 at 15:30 | comment | added | amartin222 | @TobiasKildetoft - I spoke to all references I offered up, and only one said they received a link to complete. All my references I have good relationships with, so I have to assume it is the 1 reference only they are basing something on | |
| Feb 21, 2025 at 15:15 | answer | added | Hilmar | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 21, 2025 at 14:25 | history | edited | keshlam |
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| Feb 21, 2025 at 8:26 | comment | added | amartin222 | @DarkCygnus I appreciate your answer - I wonder whether if provided with a “factual inaccuracy” whatever that could be, the usual port of call would be for the potential employer to seek out another reference or the new employee / recruiter to confirm? Rather than rescind. I have been told what my one reference provided, by the reference, so have to assume she is telling the truth - and there are no “factual inaccuracies” I can see | |
| Feb 21, 2025 at 8:12 | comment | added | amartin222 | I am in the UK for reference and in terms of incorrect reference - the potential employer only contacted 1 of my references as I checked with the others - and the have no reason to lie/ the other two have provided references in the past for me. The reason they went to the other one reference is they are my latest employer | |
| Feb 21, 2025 at 6:03 | comment | added | Tobias Kildetoft | Are you certain the reference you spoke to is the one being called incorrect? It could also be that they contacted another of the provided contacts and were told by that person that they did not know you, i.e. that you provided an incorrect reference. | |
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| Feb 21, 2025 at 0:24 | comment | added | DarkCygnus♦ | @AdamBurke yes, thats why I edited the post, OP is basically wanting to ask that. In some regions, say India and at-will states, things like this can happen and ive read/heard cases. Still, OP should move on and focus on getting another offer as I suggest in my answer | |
| Feb 21, 2025 at 0:23 | answer | added | DarkCygnus♦ | timeline score: 11 | |
| Feb 21, 2025 at 0:23 | comment | added | Adam Burke | A region might help, though even in places with more labour protections you don't get much before you have started a job. I think there is one thing this community can directly help with - the question "Is this kind of rescinding common or at least not rare? | |
| Feb 21, 2025 at 0:19 | history | edited | DarkCygnus♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 21, 2025 at 0:10 | comment | added | TheDemonLord | VTC - Sadly, the only people who can answer the question is the company themselves. I sympathize with your situation and it sounds suspicious - but aside from that, we cannot really add any clarity | |
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| S Feb 20, 2025 at 23:58 | history | asked | amartin222 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |