Accenture Summer Internship Reference & Background Check
So I accepted my offer for Accenture in Cali for a summer internship and the contract says the offer is contingent upon passing a reference and background check including all information provided in my Candidate Profile.
Does anybody know when/how this happens? I never listed any references anywhere and I'm wondering if I need to be contacting previous employers. Is this mostly for criminal/educational information or do they run serious past-employment checks for internship positions?
Accenture Employment Verification
Background checks are standard for most internship positions. While hopeful candidates tend to get themselves worked up over the process, it's really quite simple as long as there is nothing truly shady in your history, or unless you lied somewhere in the application process.
Mike Palumbo gets into bacground checks in the video below.
Background checks typically include two parts:
- Calling References: They will call previous employers, professors, high schools. They will confirm dates of attendance, salary, performance, etc.
- Background Check: Here they look into your financial and criminal history. They are checking to see if you’ve ever filed for bankruptcy, or been convicted on a felony. They are not concerned with your parking tickets or other aspects of your personal finances.
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My experience (not with Accenture) did not have any "references" checked (I was never asked for and never gave any in the first place)
Mine went through a criminal background check, education information check, and in-depth past employment verification.
Can you be more specific about the in-depth past employment verification? Only one of my positions listed on my resume was considered to be a real position (with contract and salary, etc.). Some involve me doing work for startups which was never contracted or paid.
Well, they hired a 3rd party to do the background check. Overall process included putting in personal information (SSN, etc.) and I got back a completed report.
For my portion of the employment verification, I'm assuming it checked what I put against the records provided by my past employer (Provided dates employed and job title).
When I got my background checked they asked me for my past employer contact information. I then emailed my previous employers letting them know that they would be called.
Yes, I'm currently in the same boat, except that it's for a full-time position.
I'll also be starting out at Accenture in Cali. Feel free to PM me if you want to share insights on consulting or anything related to Accenture.
Is anyone aware if Accenture drug tests summer interns? Does this policy vary by office?
when i was a summer intern, there was no drug test, which i was quite shocked about.
do they verify education/gpa/ etc??
@watersign yes. they ask you to send an official transcript after you receive the offer/accept the offer. about a few weeks after acceptance.
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