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Get honest, verified feedback on every candidate.

Brilliant automates reference checks from start to finish, collecting structured feedback on skills, work history, and values alignment from the people who’ve actually worked with your candidate. Every response gets checked for fraud, and your team gets one clear report before the final round. No phone tag required.
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Every reference check, handled end to end.

From the first question to the final report, Brilliant manages every step of the reference-check process. Build role-specific surveys, deploy them from your ATS, verify every response, and turn the feedback into clear candidate insights — without adding another task to your recruiter’s list.

Ask the right questions for every role.

Choose from 135+ role-specific templates, then tailor the questions and rubric in plain English. Every survey stays focused on the skills and competencies that actually matter for the role.
  • 135+ role-specific templates
  • Custom questions
  • Competency-based surveys
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01 Structured Feedback

Compare candidates with structured feedback.

How it works

Every reference answers the same competency-based survey, rating skills and work style before adding their own comments. Responses roll into one consistent, comparable report.

Impact on your team

You’ve heard it before: “She was great. Really great. Would hire again.” Structured surveys turn that into specifics, like how she handles deadlines, tough feedback, and the Monday after a long weekend.
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01 Structured Feedback

Compare candidates with structured feedback.

How it works

Every reference answers the same competency-based survey, rating skills and work style before adding their own comments. Responses roll into one consistent, comparable report.

Impact on your team

You’ve heard it before: “She was great. Really great. Would hire again.” Structured surveys turn that into specifics, like how she handles deadlines, tough feedback, and the Monday after a long weekend.
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02 Fraud Detection

Detect fake references automatically.

How it works

Brilliant flags shared devices, matching IP addresses, rushed submission timing, and relationship mismatches, then rolls every signal into a clear fraud risk alert.

Impact on your team

Four references, one iPhone, 49 minutes. It happens more often than you’d think, and fake references can be bought online for about the price of a nice dinner. Brilliant catches them before they reach your hiring manager.
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03 Timing

Get reference insights before final interviews.

How it works

Run reference checks right after the initial screen, so feedback on strengths, gaps, and work history arrives before your team’s final conversations.

Impact on your team

Most reference checks happen the day before the offer, when nobody wants to hear bad news. Running them earlier means your final round can dig into what references raised, while there’s still time to act on it.
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04 Sourcing

Turn every reference into future talent.

How it works

With permission, each verified reference can join your talent pool as a potential candidate. Brilliant captures their role, experience, and contact details automatically, so every completed check can create a warm sourcing lead.

Impact on your team

Great people tend to know other great people. Instead of letting qualified references disappear after one survey, recruiters build a growing, relationship-backed talent pool from every hire — without launching another sourcing campaign.
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05 Workflow

Run reference checks inside your ATS.

How it works

Trigger reference checks from Workday, Oracle, and other ATSs. Reports land right on the candidate profile and share securely with one click.

Impact on your team

No more forwarding PDFs or hunting down the one recruiter who knows the login. Everything lives where your team already works, and hiring managers get what they need without asking twice.
Giovanni Villafane
“It's a tool that just works. Set it and forget it."

Giovanni Villafane

Senior Talent Acquisition Operations Specialist, HubSpot

18,000

hours of hiring manager time saved a year

1,200

reference checks automated a year

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Works in your ATS, on your terms.

Brilliant connects to your ATS and adapts to the way your team already hires. Trigger reference checks at any stage, route reports to the right people, and keep everything on the candidate profile. Your process stays your process, just a lot faster. And smarter.
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