Is this an investigative consumer report?

Character interviews can be, which triggers extra FCRA disclosure. Partner CRAs who do this properly will treat it that way. Do not freelance it.

Structured interviews with named references

Personal and professional reference checks.

Structured interviews with people the candidate named or a researcher developed — not employment verification. JDP sells personal and professional references; DataFacts takes custom questions.

Also called professional references, personal references, reference interviews.

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How it runs on vID

Identity verified
Search runs
Report returned

What it covers

Qualitative accounts of responsibilities, style, and accomplishments, as far as the referee will go
A documented attempt when the referee will not pick up

When a CRA runs references, you get a question set, an attempt log, and a report — and possibly investigative-consumer-report duties. Best for executive, fiduciary, and small-team hires where one person's account changes the decision.

What it covers

Qualitative accounts of responsibilities, style, and accomplishments, as far as the referee will go
A documented attempt when the referee will not pick up

What it doesn’t cover

Prove facts — people lie, forget, and settle scores
Replace employment verification
Run on a two-hour SLA — humans have calendars

Where the data comes from.

Telephone or written interviews against a defined question set

Candidate-supplied or researcher-developed contacts.

Why identity comes first.

A bound identity plus a verified employer makes the reference about the right file — not a name a referee half-remembers from 2019.

How the network fulfills it.

The network chases referees, and pricing reflects the interview effort. A portal promising “references included” without a question set is not the same product.