I am not worried about my references giving me a bad wrap at all.
So hopefully its a good thing, but like I said wont get too excited till i actually sign a contract or get offered a GS date, never been in this industry and know the recruitment process takes time and can be futile. Hopefully this gets the ball rolling a bit sooner, and that them advertising and checking refs etc means a GS is coming up soon.
But I am still very VERY happy to have gotten this far, even to and AD.