Received an Offer - Now am I blacklisted?
Situation here: Submitted an application for IBD position that thought I had no shot at getting. Didn't include GPA in the online application. Got through the interview rounds and received an offer. Slight problem, during an initial phone screen with HR I knew my current GPA wouldn't meet their requirement so when she asked I just said 3.3. Actual GPA is 3.0 but I said higher just to get the interview experience while I never actually thought I would wind up with an offer.
Now that the offer is here, I looked back at my online application and see that I consented to the release of my transcript etc. with the online submission. My hope, while low, is that since I didn't put my GPA on the official online application I could be fine..?
Any insight is appreciated. Especially since I didn't come on here saying this happened to one of my friends younger brothers roommates cousin like many others.
Save the integrity comments, I don't really care
EDIT: this is Associate position and the aforementioned grades are undergrad
Doesn't matter what you put on your job application. You told them 3.4 and it's probably documented somewhere.
All you can really hope for is that they overlook it and you were able to slip through the cracks
I guess the other option is to try to get out in front of it and try to explain yourself. I'd prob just accept the offer and see what happens - basically all you can do.
" just to get the interview experience while I never actually thought I would wind up with an offer."
So, basically worst case you're back where you started--not getting an offer. Ride it out and hope for the best. And stop lying, I could care less about your integrity, but fudging numbers is not something you want to get in the habit of in finance.
It was a much more prestigious bank than I had been interviewing with so the rigorous interview practice did help. Also helped in discussions with other boutiques that didn't ask for grades to say I was interviewing with X company. Result is I actually do have 2 other offers from a MM and boutique that didn't ask grades.
hereforthefood Either way it sounds like you'll come out ahead and you leveraged that interview in the most optimal way possible so kudos, best of luck to you.
not sure why the MS is being thrown at you, apparently there's some insecurity you've piqued. Here, have a banana.
Bankers fudge and manipulate financials and company story all the time. This will be good practice for you.
If they say you were dishonest about your GPA, a few responses could be: "I thought HR was asking about my major/minor grade point, not my overall" or "I think HR might have mistakenly written down the wrong number, I told her 3.0" (as long as you didn't communicate in writing).
Exactly. Plausible deniability. If you never communicated your GPA in writing then you can chalk it up to miscommunication with HR.
Edit: I agree with Darkasing_619, however, that if you know you'll have to give them your transcript AFTER you start then just decline the job and go with your other offers. I did something very similar to you in my first job out of college and they asked me for my transcript AFTER I had started, but they gave me an out--I only had to provide the unofficial transcript, so I was able to "edit the pdf," so to speak, before giving it to them.
This guy knows his shit.
It's an associate role so you have a couple of years under your belt and I'd argue that GPA isn't relevant any more. Ride it out and push back hard about your previous experience if they ask. I've worked with people that had 3.95 GPAs and had to hold their hand for a year.
Also leverage the other offers if they push back.
I think you'll be fine. At worst just say they must've heard you wrong when you told them your GPA. I really doubt undergrad GPA matters much for an associate role.
I would go with the differ - decline the offer or speak to the HR prior to receiving the offer to notify them of your GPA. Generally from jobs I have worked where GPA was required, they did pull the transcript, and yes, I have seen people gone within the first two weeks afterwards (or worse case HR gives you the option to pull your application, which is the best).
Good luck.
You dirty little crack slipper
You're my hero, Jim.
I think we have a catch 23 situation here, but I guess OP will learnt through denial and error.
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