1. What is the full-time recruiting timeline?
2. When do the background checks happen for FT? I ask this because I want to include my grades from first semester of senior year.
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FT recruiting for what? For IBD as early as August and as late as early November.
For NYC IBD
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I always wonder how they get access to information like that. I know firms hire outside companies do the background checks, but I always thought it was private information that only you can access. Yes, I know you sign a waiver allowing them to technically look it up.
Thanks for the response, but it still doesn't answer my question.
It varies by bank. My bank just recently started background checks. But it's irrelevant when they do the background check because you're going to be applying for FT before you're done with your first semester senior year.
I'm guessing you want to put a GPA on your resume that would include a strong senior year 1st semester. Just know if you do that you're obviously risking them asking for a transcript before those grades are posted as well as not doing as well as you hoped. If your transcripts reflect a gpa lower than your resume, you're toast.
True.
In other words, you want to put grades that you have yet to receive onto your resume? As said many times about you before, you're a dick.
If I ever caught anyone doing this, I'd have HR blacklist them from my bank immediately.
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