MBB background check - am I f***ed?

I have a fulltime offer from an MBB office. 1) Will they background check me? 2) Is it just a criminal records screen, or do they also call former employers?

I have not worked entirely fulltime at the last job listed on my resume - there have been months of "downtime" - will this come out in the wash, and if so, will I be screwed?

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as a followup: some of you might ask, how did some underemployed layabout make her/his through several rounds, in-person and over the phone, to get an offer from MBB?

Well, I have an otherwise rockin' resume and interview just fabulously. The question now is, does MBB do Google-style employment verification? Because if so, I may be about to go nowhere fast.

 

I did not lie on my resume - I remained employed at the company as long as I said I was (and their tax records bear that out). There was simply time that was not full employment, and I did not clarify that, for obvious reasons. My fear is that HR personnel would contact my manager who would furnish them with that possibly unsavory detail - MBB seems rather more interested in employees who would never deign to not work.

 

I highly doubt they will go into detail about when you worked FT vs PT vs no time.

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