I have another point to add to article: reference fatigue. If someone volunteers to be a reference you don't want them to have to talk to more than a few compan

I have another point to add to article: reference fatigue. If someone volunteers to be a reference you don't want them to have to talk to more than a few companies. If you are giving them out at the beginning that is potentially a lot of requests. I've personally never been asked until after on-site but if i had I would do what this article says: offer to do so after on-site and walk away if that's not ok.