Drug testing - London, UK

London based experience required please!!

I am about to start as a grad, I am wondering if there is any chance I will be drug tested before I start.

Does anyone know how likely, or not it is?

I am looking for either
1. there is a >0.00001% chance of being tested (in which case i will play it safe over the next few months)
or
2. There is absolutely no chance ... (I'm sure you can work out what I will do in this case)

If these tests do take place, what form would they take.

No judgement here please, I'm not a regular user just trying to plan my last couple of months at uni and summer!

Any advice greatly appreciated,

P.S. I'm starting at a london based bulge bracket bank

 
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Play it safe dude. I'm assuming the drug in question here is marijuana since all other ones have incredibly short half lives and will never come up on a screening.

In the words of Stephen A. Smith, "find me a bag of weed that's worth millions of dollars. Stay off duh weeeeeeeeeeduhhh". (half srs)

But actually though, don't chance it. I'm in the U.S. but my impression is that you Brits are even more conservative about drugs. I've also never met anyone who reflects back on college and says "damn, I really regret not smoking more weed, man how my life could've been.." - only the opposite. You get my point.

 

never heard of a hair test conducted for standard background check/onboarding purposes - unless ofc you give them a reason to (such as asking this question to someone at the firm). No bank of any size gives a "free pass" for an incoming analyst who fails a drug test when 5,000 other kids are lining up to take your spot.

Just my $0.02

 

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