In a small company, I'm not going to refer anyone I don't already believe to be someone I want to work with. I've also seen referral processes that ask employee

In a small company, I'm not going to refer anyone I don't already believe to be someone I want to work with. I've also seen referral processes that ask employees to rank the strength of their referral from "just a random resume, I have no idea if this would make a good candidate" to "I would stake my entire reputation at this company on this hire."