Lied on CV?
Incoming SA at BB. What do they typically do background checks on as I have lied on my CV about my A Level grades?? What would be the repercussions and do i tell them before i start?
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They usually ask for transcripts a few weeks prior with background checks. This is something they would rescind an offer over, it doesn't sound like an honest mistake
I would start looking for a new job
no they don’t check most of the time. That said, you shouldn’t lie on your CV since it’s unfair to those who are honest!
Hope you lose your offer. Hope this helps!
Looks like someone didn’t get an internship
I had two in IB at BBs. You're about to have zero. Hope this helps!
Great way to fuck up your career before it even starts.
Would it be worth redoing my A Levels? or doing a masters and removing the grades from my cv for ft?
In my experience, if you join that firm’s grad programme via the summer internship, they still ask/have your CV that you applied with for the Summer and background check that one, as well as ask you for your uni transcripts once you graduate.
I'll prefer to stay formal (but I absolutely don't blame anyone who expresses themselves more straightforwardly, as I feel the same way). My answer will be a bit more broad, as I don't know what and how things truly played out. As you were dishonest that time, there is no guarantee that you were completely honest this time. I certainly don't approve of what you did! Despite that, your life = your consequences, and I can't do anything about it. As per the consequences - it varies a lot. Anything from simply terminating the internship to a fine or even a law suit. It depends on the firm, how they approach such cases, how you lied, etc. (in other words, the details of the story)
As per lawdepot.com article "Yes, There Are Legal Consequences of Lying on Your Resume–Here Are a Few", here are some possibilities:
I perfectly understand if the word "jail" can sound too extreme for some people. Things must get bad for that scenario to be more probable. Again, it is a highly variable situation, so the details can help only you to understand how bad it can go. But at the end of the day, lying on your resume can count as fraud, which is a criminal offense in the UK and US. Whether a warning, fine, misdemeanor or felony, again, it's completely down to the actual details. I don't know them and don't want to. What's done is done, to some extent, you opened a pandora's box, so corridor of possibilities is too wide to make a speculation, and if you get out of this dry - don't ever do it again, which I guess should be obvious. Talking to a lawyer or someone with similar experience can make things more clear for you... being honest at least with yourself and straightening your principles out will also help...
You also asked whether to tell them or not about the lie, and I forgot to answer that. UK (as you indicated it as your region) uses Stare Decisis in legal procedures, which means that in general repercussions or punishments are ruled out based on those in the past. In more simple words - it's precedent-based. So, looking up similar cases/stories that were in the past can help. Confessing will help you in any legal procedures, as continuing to hide it may signal that everything was absolutely deliberate and you didn't even feel guilty or wrong. Given that background checks are more thorough once a full-time offer is on the table - I would confess, and try to make some miracle happen and keep your records clean (HR's exchange such information constantly and globally). You are in a great risk of poising your career's prospects for flames and ashes.
Del
what are you smoking? let me have some
Watch the Wolf of Wall Street and all will be good.
My experience is that analyst jobs ask for university / A levels & sometimes GCSEs.
Unrelated to the post but do they use GCSEs as a form of filtering? I get A-Levels are important given they're the most recent qualification we have, but feels like GCSEs are way further back
Edit
fisrt things first: stop posting these many details on here
First of all, I think this is a terrible thing that you've done and you ought to be ashamed of yourself.
But, I will put on my Machiavelli hat on here. The repercussions of telling them that you lied about your grades are that you get fired or worse. This is not an option.
It is possible that your transcripts will never be requested. In this case, the point is moot and you go on about your life. If the transcripts are requested, you basically have two options, with the caveat that I don't fully know how A-Level transcripts work. Option 1 is the continuation of the lying through some variation of you forging the transcript and sending it to the employer, with the added complexity that could come if the request is made that the transcript come from the actual school. Forgery is truly terrible, and I have a a person I grew up with who is currently dealing with the consequences of forging documents and it has ruined their life. Option 2 is that you wait a bit, say you got cold feet and consider this opportunity burned, but try to stage it so that it doesn't obviously seem like you lied about the transcript in the first place, as your silence could be used against you in the future.
What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!
they wouldn't ask for transcript for A-Levels, the background check company would check somehow - and they probs will since its a requirment for the job
Surely HR would have asked for transcripts prior to even giving them an offer? I’ve heard of instances when people have lied about degrees from schools that don’t even exist!
I mean, how else can they check if they don’t ask you for the certificate. I don’t think they have the authority to call up an exam board and ask for the grades of person X from 5 years ago
Not sure why people are saying the SA background check won't include A-Level certificates. Certainly every BG check I've done asked for grade proof.
What if i don’t have my A Level certificates? what would they do then?
Well I'd say conveniently not having proof for a major portion of your CV would be not be a good thing.
They can contact your school or exam boards.
They'd just ask for your candidate number and similar info (no way of not forging these as they literally have your name, college, etc. attached to each) and then contact the exam board or your college to see what you got
I didn’t even have my high school grades in my CV… anyways it depends which firm but BBs do check more stringently.
My friends and BOFA didn’t get background checked too hard but my friend at MS got checked HARRDD.
Was even reaching out to the Singaporean military branch to verify his position and duration in service (military service is mandatory in SG) which they couldn’t give due to sensitive info and had some issue with that.
How did the recruiting process go if you didn’t have your grades?
In the US there is no need to disclose High School grades. They only ask for college GPA on our resume. I did extremely well in high school but was told to not include high school grades. UK might be different. If this case gets caught you will most likely be told to explain the grade difference from your transcript and resume. You should find a convincing reason for that mistake and I don't recommend admitting you lied because that would get you into trouble.
They say if you’re not cheating, then you’re not trying.
I told the coppers it was you. Do you have a license for that fake CV? I don’t think so.
How bad is the lie? Are we talking about some ‘ambitious’ predicted grades or straight up D to A* fabrication?
It's a fabrication either way.
On same note … I accidentally put an internship I did down as July to September when official contract states August to September - issue for background checking companies?
Bump
Why do you people do this shit?
Thats immaterial, no need to do anything.
I had a similar problem. Internship ran from feb to may, put the end date as June. Didn’t hear a thing about it even though the internship certificate I voluntarily submitted contradicted my CV. It’s immaterial
Just don't be a crook and get a job the normal way
Bruh… NGMI
time to start applying to McDonalds sir
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