In a pickle regarding my GPA
So I had a first round interview for an IB role at BB bank and ended up getting a superday for next week. Here's the issue: my interviewer had asked me what my GPA was (i did not list it on resume) and for some reason, probably because I'm an idiot, i blurted out 3.45. In reality, my GPA was a 3.3.
I understand how dumb this is, so please do not tell me how much of an idiot I am -I know already. How do I proceed if I'm asked in the superday about my GPA? It is not listed on my resume and it was not asked for on my application. What are the chances my first round interviewer forgot what I said it was? Do I continue to tell people in my superday that I had a 3.45, or say I had a 3.3 and hope for the best. Thank you.
you're fucked
You think? I feel like I can easily claim that it was lost in translation, since nothing is in writing.
Bumping this. Want to see if anybody else has any advice.
Hope that they didn't record it, but overall you should have it on your resume. I got an offer with a 3.0 on my resume and had a story for a low gpa.
Yea, I wasn't sure if it was common practice to leave your GPA on the resume after you graduate.
If you were in my situation, and you were asked about what your GPA was during the superday, would you say 3.3 or 3.45?
Oh yeah different story if you already graduated. This is going to be a tough one, it all depends if HR recorded the GPA and if the interviewer was already notified of the GPA. I would be honest because a detailed background check on your transcript may bite you in the ass.
I think I'll just not draw any attention to it, and hopefully they don't ask about it. If they do ask about my GPA or mention that it was a 3.45, I'll casually correct them and say it was 3.30 and explain why it was so low. If they ask how come they have it noted as a 3.45, I'll explain that it was a miscommunication and that I hadn't revisited my transcripts in some time.
Thoughts on this approach? Would it check out?
Side note: I know this is bad, but I actually did not recall my GPA during my first round interview. I recall answering with "I think somewhere around a 3.45, maybe lower." So, I wasn't intentionally trying to deceive - I legit just hadn't checked my transcripts in a long time and couldn't recall.
U said “3.4, maybe 3.35” and they put down 3.45 sounds better
But yeah figure out a good answer that you yourself would accept with a high amount of skepticism and frame it as a non issue then you should be good
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