IB summer internship - background check
Hi all,
I got an offer for a summer internship in an American bank in London.
Unfortunately, I went through my application again and noticed that I did a mistake with regards to my maturity GPA. I had to select a value from a drop down menu, and selected B instead of C.
There are no other mistakes: no criminal record, my undergraduate gpa is right, employement dates..
I am extremely worried that I might not passed the background check. Do you think they will ask me some proof for my maturity exam? What do you advice me to do?
Thanks in advance, B
I think you'll be fine. If there are no other inconsistencies in your application and all other information is correct, they will likely not raise any suspicions. Raising this and being transparent with them could be prudent if you want to be absolutely certain, but generally I don't think it's needed unless it was broached.
Hi Alpha_q, thanks for the kind reply.
So you think that they will definitely ask for it? if they do, will they ask for originals or scans?
In your opinion, I should text them or just wait for the background check email, send the documents and act like if I did not notice anything?
Thanks again. B
Not a problem at all :)
I think just the scans or thereabouts. No real need to send them anything unsolicited in my view as it does appear to be a legitimate mistake given that everything else is true and correct. Odds are that they will not reach out with any further follow ups, but just have the information handy. Nothing from the above to me suggests you were intending to be misleading, so you should be fine.
Investment Banking Intern Background Check- Help!!!!! (Originally Posted: 01/12/2018)
I'm still a freshman in college, but a few weeks ago I did something stupid. I walked into a store, and took two sips of alcohol, was caught, and since I'm underage, got hit with underage consumption and an M1 petty theft. However, after talking with my lawyer, he got it down to me pleading to an M4, and potentially an MM (after two pre trial diversion programs).
Worst case scenario, I can get these expunged from record after a year (this happened in Ohio). However, I'm aware that my name could come up in searches from the databases of companies that preform background searches.
I'm wondering how this could affect my chances of securing an internship in, say, two years, and if I get it expunged, should I still answer- on the application- that I've been convicted of something in the past? My goal is Goldman Sachs (yeah, I'm a dreamer); how negatively would these affect my chances? Thank you.
Just 2 sips huh...
On the real, everyone has drunken college crap on their criminal record. Matter of fact; if nothing shows up, we wonder if we miskeyed the information to HireRight.
Learn from your mistake and don't do it again.
Yeah, it was a stupid mistake; I won't try to justify it. I just want to know if it hurts my chances in securing an internship.
IB Summer Analyst Background Check - What happened last year? (Originally Posted: 03/31/2016)
Hey guys - I know versions of this question have been asked before, but most of them seemed pretty out of date. With new technology and faster systems, how long did your background check take last summer, or if your firm has already done them, how long did they take for this summer?
story: I'm concerned I won't pass, and have an interview someplace else just in case - If they give me an offer, I want to know how long I should ask before giving a response.
I was not informed when my background check was finished for SA. You just never hear about it again
My background check was completed 3/4
Thanks - How long did it take from start to finish?
My background check was completed 1/2 weeks ago. Took around 1.5 month.
IB Intern Background check: I listed my senior capstone as a professional experience. Would that get me into trouble? (Originally Posted: 02/12/2018)
I was about to start the background check for a summer internship position at Goldman Sachs. On my resume, I list my senior capstone project as a professional experience. It was a collaboration between my college and a local company and we did have a 'client' during the span of the project so that's why I listed it as an experience instead of a course project. Since the majority of the work was all about data analysis and modeling, I also put down 'data analyst' for the position. I've actually done all the work that I described on my resume and I can also find someone to verify my experience. However, it is not a professional experience after all. Would that get me into trouble during the background check? Thanks for any suggestion!!!
You should probably start filling out applications now.
I'm joking, you'll be fine, it's just a background check. Btw what did you list it as? I see that you put down 'data analyst' as your title but surely you didn't list this experience as solely 'data analyst.'
Start filling out McDonalds apps bruh
Did you have a bullet or something in parentheses describing the nature of your relationship with the local company (on it being a consulting project for them)? If not, this could come up cause it could look like you deliberately misled the reader on the relationship (even if you “did the work”). I think it depends if they’re using a third party background check search co and they are only confirming for actual “employment” and your title as “data analyst”.
Are you with a target school that has a recruitment office / careers center that works with Goldman (re: on allowing for postings, on campus info sessions, etc?). If so, maybe you can ask them to see if this will cause issues, and if so for them to preemptively reach out to GS that you’ve done the work for your senior project.
I think you would be fine, but next time, put an asterisk next to "Data Analyst*" and then in italicized letters at the bottom of that section put something like "Senior Capstone Project in conjunction with XXX University" or something like that.
I list my consulting project as a professional experience as well, but I try to designate the fact it was a school project.
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