How long does BB background check usually take?

Just lateraled to a BB, background check took almost 1.5 week already still haven’t heard back. My Jefferies and Mizuho friends all confirmed background check less than a week. Could anyone provide some rough timeline estimate on this process?

For reference only had one full time experience which is a public big finance firm in US, had the internship in that same company. No outside of US experience and nothing to hide really.

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Do they let you know when finished? My BB stated in February for FT and I have not heard back. The background co reached out for additional information about 3 weeks ago. Nothing after that

 

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