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You're in a really bad spot. I think you should preemptively let the recruiter know before it's too late. You dont want them to find out and be blind sided.

Good luck.

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What is the process for background checks that you know of, other posters seem to suggest they won't go into the weeds of one resume line?

Also, if I let the recruiter know, that could blackball me from the firm in the future -- wouldn't it just be more reasonable to reject the offer?

 
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First of all I don't condone this at all and it's one thing to embellish things but another to take credit for a project you weren't even a part of.

Even if MBB compares your resume submission with a submission at a later point in time, the fact that you took out one experience and replace it with another (so long as the replacement experience is relatively on par with the one you took out) isn't really material. You could explain it as the "fake" experience wasn't as recent or as applicable to the positions you are applying for and therefore you thought it would be beneficial to replace it with your current experience, in the hopes of keeping your resume to 1 page in length.

 

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