[SmellTheGlove]

Twice.

Once when I was still practicing law - references are really common in that industry (as is your law school and whether you did law review mattering 5-10 years later!)

The other time when I worked in higher education. It was a technical role, but it's really common in higher ed.

Both times, those references got phone calls. As a matter of my own process, I won't submit references until we're close to the offer stage.