Background Check Dates
Hey everyone, hope you are all doing well. I will be interning in IB this summer and had a question about background checks. I completed the background check about 4 weeks ago. For one of my internships, I listed the dates as September 2019 -- December 1, 2019. However, my ex-boss verified the internship dates on the background check as September 2019 -- November, 4 2019. Looking back at the emails, I actually did work up until the beginning of December. I emailed my ex-boss after the background check was completed and he said that he did not remember the exact dates. My submitted resume also had the dates as September 2019 -- December 2019. There is almost a full month between the end date I provided versus the end date my ex-boss provided.
Since it has been several weeks since the background check, should I still reach out to HR? Or is it a better idea to wait for them to contact me if they deem this discrepancy as important? I've seen some people advise reaching out to HR while others advise to wait for them to reach out. Just wanted to know what to do so I know what to do in the future. Thanks you and stay safe.
bump, have similar issue but messed up my dates by a roughly 2 months. just an input mistake by not sure what implications this will have
Did HR ask for your resume? In my case, HR will match the background check information with the information on resumes.
have not had the check as of yet but noticed the discrepancy recently
which resume you refer to? the one used when applying for the position or the resume provided for background check
We were asked to provide an updated resume for the background check
Got it. My background check hasn't started yet. Worried about it since there is one typo on my resume submitted for internal networking purpose in March. Hope an updated resume would be required at the begining of BG check. :P
Yeah, you're probably fine. You could probably email HR an updated resume if you want them to use that for the background check. Or you could upload a new resume on the application portal.
Yeah I was in a similar position and I just called HR and mentioned I didn’t catch the mistake when I was interviewing and noticed it now. Said that I just wanted to make sure all information provided by me was accurate and asked if I could send over an updated copy.
If you don’t email them - it really probably won’t be an issue but if it makes you feel better to email them i think that’s fine
Thank you! I will contact with HR to resubmit as a honest kid :P
You guys way overvalue how important these background checks are. There is a 99% chance no one will notice or care that there is a slight discrepancy, and, even if anyone does notice, they will send you an email, you can remedy it, and then no one will give it a 2nd thought. No reason to bother HR unless they seem to flag an issue
I am going through a background check too (by Hireright). I am panic because my internship was off by a year, so I basically wrote 2019 of one of my 2018 internships - would that be a problem? Will anyone care?
I was off by a year too on accident. They didn’t say anything, but in the background check report it was noted there was a date discrepancy. My resume has the right dates so I wasn’t worried.
you guys take these wayyyyyy too serious, they are just making sure you're a real person
I completed background check through their 3rd party provider. I submitted the dates of September - May, because it was a part-time job that I got near the end of September and my boss said I started in October. My boss also corrected it to be the end as of April, because I barely came in the office during the month of May (final exams). That was a 2 month discrepancy but it was fine.
As long as you do not list places of employment that was not truthful. I think a gap of 2 months might be a maximum error because of how different people perceive their employment and as long as you were not fired. Don't worry about it too much!
Great, thank you!
Anyone know anything about how / if social media is checked and if they have to notify you that it is part of the background check?
I did my background check through HireRight and on my report it did contain my social media accounts (FB, IG, Twitter etc). Didn’t provide them with the above account infos
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This isn’t really the stuff they’re looking for in background checks, dude
For future guys who are losing their shit about background checks, you don't have to worry unless you have:
1. Criminal background record you didn't mention
2. Put a totally fake GPA
3. Put a fake school
4. Put a fake internship
Unless it is one of four, the background checking company literally doesn't care. If there is discrepancy, they will try to work with you, not against you to solve the issue. One or two months off is literally nothing.
I’ve seen resumes where people are in sales roles for example and inflate titles (e.g. business development manager and they put like executive blah blah blah) because their boss tells them to when speaking with clients put a more official sounding title.
They were hired as some business dev manager HR-wise but the corporate knows and managers/owners etc. are fine with and even go out of their way to encourage this title inflation.
I said it’s ok as long as you play naive and also say you just put whatever your manager told you. Not a big deal right? Ran into this a few weeks ago and just remembering now I was kinda unsure (and though no one will GAF).
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