Merge branch 'am-reference-addition' into 'master'

Reference Checks: adding engineering and other team questions

See merge request gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com!9130

source/handbook/hiring/interviewing/index.html.md

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 1. **References**: The hiring manager will conduct [references](#reference-check-process) for promising candidates. The references will be collected at the application stage, but they will not be contacted until later on in the process. This should happen before an offer is made. Three references will be asked for but at minimum two references should be completed - at least one should be a manager, the others to a colleague. The Recruiting team will move the candidate to the "Reference Call" stage in Lever.
 1. **Hiring package**: After reference calls are completed successfully, the employment team submits the [employee approval package](#hiring-package) to the CEO and Hiring Manager.
 1. When the manager or CEO makes the **offer**, this can be done verbally during the call with the applicant, but is always followed quickly with the written offer by the Recruiting team as described in [the section on preparing offers and contracts](#prep-contracts). At this point the candidate is moved to the "Offer" stage by the Recruiting team.
-1. People Ops will verify the candidate is not on any known [Denied Party List](https://www.export.gov/csl-search). 
+1. People Ops will verify the candidate is not on any known [Denied Party List](https://www.export.gov/csl-search).
 1. People Ops will draft and stage a contract based upon the written offer that was extended.
 1. Manager follows up to ensure that the offer is accepted, and that the contract is signed.
 1. People Ops [starts the background check process](/handbook/people-operations/#background-checks) if applicable for the role.
@@ -250,7 +250,9 @@ As part of our hiring process we will ask applicants to provide us with three re
 - What can they improve upon?
 - What advice would you give their next hiring manager?
-You can also elaborate further and ask follow-up questions if the opportunity arises. You should not ask any questions about the person's race, gender, sexual preference, disabilities or health, political affiliations, religion, family (children).
+You can also elaborate further and ask follow-up questions if the opportunity arises. The hiring team will be adding engineering questions into Lever so that all engineering hiring managers have access to the same questions. Additionally, the hiring team will work with each function to identify any other specific questions hiring managers would like to add to Lever for their team.  
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+You should not ask any questions about the person's race, gender, sexual preference, disabilities or health, political affiliations, religion, family (children).
 All reference check feedback should be entered into Lever using the Reference Checks form. To add this form, go to the candidate's profile, click the three dots "..." next to the notes section, click "Add Form", and choose "Reference Checks".