I was hoping someone could fill me in with any information they have on this topic. I have a few very minor offenses (public intoxication when I was 19 years old and a city ordinance violation for open alcohol in a motor vehicle (even though the car was off and the driver was gone) when I was 21). I am now 24, but will these violations hurt my chances at landing a job. I am in the last rounds of an interview process and have to submit an application soon. Any information will be appreciated.
you should check with a lawyer about “sealing” the cases. getting them erased from your record so that you may legally check “no” on the “have you ever been arrested?” question.
Have you gotten an offer conditional on? Or are you just anticipating that this will be an issue?
Don’t post the same question on multiple forums. And this question is not related at all to the CFA exams
I’ve made it to the final round interviews. They told me I have to fill out an official application since I got the original interview by having my resume passed around.
you should not lie no matter how badly you want the job. tell the truth. you have no felony to worry about and a little trouble when your were a teen gives you character i think.
Ako Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > you should not lie no matter how badly you want > the job. tell the truth. you have no felony to > worry about and a little trouble when your were a > teen gives you character i think. Hahaha, I hope you’re right on the character thing. The only time I’ve heard of it being an issue is if you don’t disclose it. Just make sure you read the question in detail (if it asks for ANY convictions, or convictions related to dishonesty or felonies or whatever). I had a couple of the same and haven’t had any issues, but always disclose.
I had a serving alcohol to a minor ticket from a party in college and a urinating in public ticket that I had disclose to UBS when I got my first job. I wrote a letter along with the application explaining that I had made the mistakes, but that it was not a reflection upon my character etc… Long story short, it wasnt a big deal at all to them. They would pull the letter out and read it aloud to the whole group once a year as a joke. Admit to it and admit it was a juvenial mistake and it should not affect you. Almost everybody I know in finance had a good time and college and are likely to understand.
Why dont you run a background check on yourself. If anything shows up, take it to a lawyer and say you dont want that to show up anymore when they run the check. You pay $, lawyers does their thing, you go about your day. Unless you gots felonies
robber07 where you located?
robber, where you at kid Cudi?
I also had a serving to minors ticket in college. I recently go a call from my university’s HR dept. saying they did a background check on me (I applied for an RA job in the dorms which I later declined) and only one of my tickets came up. She said different background checks can come up with different results. This makes it even harder to realize what constitutes an offense.
im just curious bc i just did the last round of an interview the same day you posted and submitted for background check and was curious if it was same job of course its probably not
midwest crabb…my interview isn’t for a few weeks
sweet!