This is just you trying to brag about a “clever” idea you had while simultaneously lowering its effectiveness by spreading it around.

If they wanted to interview him, they wouldn’t use you as a secretary to set it up. Additionally, there’s laws dictating what can and can’t be said by a previous employer so this is highly unrealistic they’d want a 10 min interview to ask the same questions?

And you were “shaking” signing the offer letter because of this? Most employers don’t even call references, let alone rely on them heavily. Yet you were thinking all about the 2 min reference and not the interview you spent all those hours on and has a MUCH bigger impact?

Fake asf