Does BlackRock use hair testing for their interns?

I recently got offered an internship at BlackRock as an analyst and I am afraid they will do a hair test. They already said they will be doing an FBI background check instead of the traditional one, so this makes me think they will dish out the cash for a hair test. I've smoked probably 4 or 5 times in the past few months, so I'm screwed if that's the case.

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and I personally know about a dozen people who work or have worked at BlackRock (they recruit like crazy at my school.) They have never taken a hair test. A few were even dilute the first time and the firm just let them take the retest whenever as long as it was before employment started.

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I interned for a large Oil & Gas firm in the trading group and they hit me with that hair test -- luckily I knew 3 months in advance that it was coming, but spring break sucked.

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College roommate went through a drug test scare. Never smoked in his life but right after his superday he got really drunk and ended up smoking that good kush. He and I spent hours of research trying to figure out what to do. Here is the deal: if you shave your head hair, they will take body hair, eyebrow hair, whatever. If you shave your entire body to be as smooth as a baby's ass, you will fail the test. And all those shampoo and crazy hair wash methods are unlikely to work- some people still fail after essentially washing their hair in battery acid, bleaching it, and dying it again. Others pass after using some fake snake oil off Amazon. There is no telling what works, and obviously no actual research is done on these methods.

If it's hair, you are fucked. It's up to you to decide if you want to risk the test or just pull out. If it's piss, no worries. Drink cranberry juice in the days leading up to the test, work out a few times, and pass with flying colors.

 

@dan_yo23" - good on you for posting legitimate advice

and I personally know about a dozen people who work or have worked at BlackRock (they recruit like crazy at my school.) They have never taken a hair test. A few were even dilute the first time and the firm just let them take the retest whenever as long as it was before employment started.

In general - these are finance firms not the government not the military and not prison. They need bodies and pretty much only do drug tests as a matter of routine. Some firms (UBS and MS maybe even BAML) don't even drug test.

So chill out. Although I say that knowing it's easier said than done.

 

Shave your entire body, why risk it? Say that you are a competitive swimmer. Even though in reality- you are a lazy stoner who is probably hairy everywhere. My nose just started bleeding at work and I snapchatted it to my friends but YOU, my friend, are a loser.

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