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| Reference Provider Information | |
| Your Name | Pranav Badgi |
| Your Email | Email hidden; Javascript is required. |
| Your Title | Software Apps Engineer 2 |
| Company Name | Yahoo |
| Type of Reference | Personal Reference |
| Work Related - Reference Check Information | Thank you for including the person's name and answering these questions about your experience working with this person. |
| Personal Reference Information | |
| Name of person you are referring | Harper Swenson |
| Your relationship to this person | Friend |
| Key descriptors | Harper is super responsible, patient, encouraging, friendly, and a great communicator. She’s always down to help everyone and has great skills! She’s one of the most outdoorsy and reliable people I know. |
| How would you rate your experience with this person? | 5-excellent |
| Comments regarding your experience with this person (not required) | Harper taught me how to ski. I had never skied in my life and it was difficult learning as an adult but she made it really easy. She was really encouraging and gave really good advice and tips as I was learning. She made sure to be with me throughout the learning process all the way from bunny slopes to blues just in the span of a few times of skiing. Her teaching has made skiing so much fun that I now have gotten a season pass! I’d rate her skills really highly |
| Please rate this person's ability to handle conflict with others? | 5-excellent |
| Comments regarding handling conflict (not required) | Harper is a really good communicator, she makes sure to understand the thoughts of others and listen to all sides. She’s really patient and remains calm and works towards a positive solution while being respectful of the person and their feelings. |
| Please rate this person's dedication or engagement to their work or studies | 5-excellent |
| Comments about dedication or engagement (not required) | When Harper takes something on, she sticks with it and gives it her full energy. She’s super organized and plans every minor detail. She really enjoys what she does and wants others to enjoy it too. She’s very dedicated to get good at anything she learns, she wants to master those skills and actually spends time to get good at it. |
| Please rate this person's willingness or desire to improve their performance | 5-excellent |
| Comments regarding willingness or desire to improve performance (not required) | As mentioned above, Harper is very dedicated to get good at a skill. She’ll actually spends a lot of time, finessing the skills and learning the proper techniques and that’s something that comes to her very naturally. |
| What would you consider this person’s strengths and/or weaknesses? | She very patient and supportive when teaching or helping others, she’s got a very friendly and approachable personality which makes it easy to follow her and she’s very safety conscious and has really good attention to details She can be a bit of a perfectionist and puts too much pressure on herself but I feel like that’s only because she really wants to get good at it and pushes herself to keep improving. |
| Is there anything else you feel would be important for us to know, and if so, please describe? | Beyond her skills she’s a really wonderful person to be around, she a very reliable and positive person which i’m sure will be very important to have as an instructor. She does create a very welcoming environment and genuinely cares about others growth. I can guarantee that she’ll be a really great instructor and person to work with. |