FREAKING OUT!! background checks as an incoming summer analyst
So... I'm freaking out a bit here. I recently accepted an offer at a dream investment banking firm of mine (I'll be a summer analyst), but I looked at my resume and realized two things:
- One of my unpaid internships is from Sep 2025-Present, but I listed it as Aug 2025-Present (I got the offer in August and updated it right away, and completely forgot to change it later)
- I'm currently doing a paid internship, but I got the offer in December 2025, while the actual start date is Jan 2026. Some internships were open in December, so I put it as Dec 2025-Present and forgot to change it for the firm I accepted (which I applied in beginning of January)
Should I flag these to HR before the background checks start? Totally careless mistakes on my part, but I'm kind of freaking out.
Bro one month difference won’t matter relax
There was a post around last year about a BB IB trashing someone’s application after a similar thing not being right with a background check. I remember the post stating that he was basically already in, and then somehow his app got rescinded because ?the months on his summer job were wrong?
I’m with you on these situations being rare, but evidently they do happen. That being said I’m sure it doesn’t hurt to contact HR.
God you guys never learn … you’d seriously better email HR right now and flag these two items you’d mentioned otherwise you may as well start looking for another job this summer
It’s likely too late. Try looking for other roles for once they rescind your offer.
dyt they'll acc do that :(
He’s fucking with u lol ur chilling
interned at GS/MS/JPM and only bothered putting one experience into background check(the only paid internship i had out of 3) and they didnt care. the dates being slightly off is not getting you rescinded
incoming ft and was planning on doing the same. literally putting 1 out of the 3 internships on my resume bc it was a paid one. hr didnt raise questions?
That one extra month of unpaid internship experience isn't what pushed you across the line for your offer, I can promise you that. If you did actually work at those internships and everything else checks out, then if they even ask you about it (which I think is doubtful) you can just explain that you put the date you signed the offer paperwork, knowing that you would be starting almost immediately.
They will be able to distinguish between a gross misstatement (10 claimed years of experience versus 5 actual) and an administrative blip, which is all this is. Fix it on your resume and move on. I think you're gonna be fine.
Hard disagree. As a former assistant branch manager at the Wells Fargo Anchorage branch, I had a lot of resumes come across my desk.
One guy wrote that he had interned at a fishery and brought in 300lbs of salmon. When I called them to verify, they said that he had not subtracted the extra weight from the fishing net, which was 40lbs. I found this grossly misleading and did not want someone manipulating numbers at my branch (unless it was to open more accounts for our customers) so I rejected him right then and there.
lucien_de_montclair is a troll, don't listen to him. OP ur completely fine, if HR ever asks you anything about these dates (which is unlikely but still), be honest, be humble, and apologize for this minor administrative mistake. Enjoy your internship :)
You are completely fine. Do not worry and spend the next few months relaxing before you start!
Ah the weekly background check meltdown post
This has to be trolling
Dude, chill tf out. For a SA role they probably wont even screen your experiences. They literally only care to see if you are actually a student and that you haven't committed heinous crimes.
Employment doesn’t even come up on background checks bro it’ll be criminal / citizen checks and maybe a reference call (highly doubt it for summer analyst lol)
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