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How much employee resume verification is done in practice? It depends where you are applying. FinTech and related fields will most certainly review background

How much employee resume verification is done in practice? It depends where you are applying. FinTech and related fields will most certainly review background checks including contacting your college and verifying your high school diploma, criminal history and much more. This is not just best practice, these companies have a requirement to perform these steps and in some cases have B2B contracts and SOC1/2 requirements stating that background checks are performed on all full time employees and any contractor that has access to customer data. It becomes more hit-and-miss in the other tech companies you mentioned as all the companies you mentioned have third party relationships with FinTech. Some departments will do all the same background checks and will otherwise do basic background checks that may catch lies on your college or high school statements and employment history. TL;DR Just stick with the facts on your CV and do not volunteer too much information that may lead to more digging in the same spirit of everything dyingkneepad said.

ForTheKidz 2y ago
People put their high school on their CV? Why? I haven't even included my university for most of my career—it just hasn't been relevant.
- LinuxBender 2y ago
  Yes and even if not many companies will ask for this before the interview process even starts. Not every company, just those that have an obligation to do so and sometimes that obligation is self induced when the company was first formed. It can take a long time to remove requirements from contracts and SOC documentation. [Edit] I should add that I have had candidates that I really wanted to hire but were later rejected for having misinformation on their application form or in their CV. This was in FinTech.
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- gosub100 2y ago
  If they're fresh out of college and don't have much experience, it might make sense, especially if they were a top achiever. Or if they are applying for a local small company and want to signal they are from the area.
- sjsdaiuasgdia 2y ago
  In a past job, I interviewed someone whose resume was 7 pages long. It included a typing speed contest he won in high school. He was not fresh out of school, he'd been working for about 10 years. I asked him in the interview if he thought anyone reads all of his lengthy resume, and if he thinks a typing contest from nearly 15 years prior is an important detail for potential employers to know about him. He said he likes to be thorough. I did not recommend hiring him.
  - kyleee 2y ago
    How much did the resume factor into your decision not to hire?
    - sjsdaiuasgdia 2y ago
      (caveat, this is approaching 20 years ago and memory gets fuzzy) The interview reflected the resume in many ways. He had experience that aligned to the role. Most questions received extremely long answers that didn't necessarily give me more information than a much shorter one would have...and I say this as someone who prefers to ask open-ended questions that get the candidate talking. It was just endless fluff and exposition that didn't really go anywhere or add anything. He was nominally qualified, but I could not imagine working with him given how he communicated in his resume and interview. I also didn't want to inflict his communication style on clients, as he would have had to interact with clients directly in the role.
      - anon743448 2y ago
        I had pleasure of interviewing SWE with 20 years of experience. His resume was one page long. He had helpfully removed details under his old jobs. His resume reflected his communication style. I recommended hiring him.
- vonunov 2y ago
  Lol, no, I hope not.* But here's something that did happen: I applied to an insurance data entry job to fill the gap. It was Q4 2019 and I'd been in the workforce since 2008. Lots of tech support including big-boy serious-business firewall stuff. I think the application asked if I had a high school diploma, but I figured it was just a cursory formality. Naturally, the background check company pops up, wanting to "verify" my high school diploma. It was a home school diploma, in Texas, where home schooling is completely unregulated except for a one-liner statute declaring home school diplomas equivalent to normal high school diplomas. There's nothing to verify. In the end, I had to get my mother on the line with these people so she could . . . tell them she really did home school me. And they were like, "cool thanks" and pushed through my background check. I mean, she could have been anybody! It's not like they validated anything. If they were checking something that was actually a big deal, that could have been mildly scandalous or something. HireRight. Intelligence to move forward.℠ *but, well,

ForTheKidz 2y ago

People put their high school on their CV? Why? I haven't even included my university for most of my career—it just hasn't been relevant.

LinuxBender 2y ago
Yes and even if not many companies will ask for this before the interview process even starts. Not every company, just those that have an obligation to do so and sometimes that obligation is self induced when the company was first formed. It can take a long time to remove requirements from contracts and SOC documentation. [Edit] I should add that I have had candidates that I really wanted to hire but were later rejected for having misinformation on their application form or in their CV. This was in FinTech.
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gosub100 2y ago
If they're fresh out of college and don't have much experience, it might make sense, especially if they were a top achiever. Or if they are applying for a local small company and want to signal they are from the area.
sjsdaiuasgdia 2y ago
In a past job, I interviewed someone whose resume was 7 pages long. It included a typing speed contest he won in high school. He was not fresh out of school, he'd been working for about 10 years. I asked him in the interview if he thought anyone reads all of his lengthy resume, and if he thinks a typing contest from nearly 15 years prior is an important detail for potential employers to know about him. He said he likes to be thorough. I did not recommend hiring him.
- kyleee 2y ago
  How much did the resume factor into your decision not to hire?
  - sjsdaiuasgdia 2y ago
    (caveat, this is approaching 20 years ago and memory gets fuzzy) The interview reflected the resume in many ways. He had experience that aligned to the role. Most questions received extremely long answers that didn't necessarily give me more information than a much shorter one would have...and I say this as someone who prefers to ask open-ended questions that get the candidate talking. It was just endless fluff and exposition that didn't really go anywhere or add anything. He was nominally qualified, but I could not imagine working with him given how he communicated in his resume and interview. I also didn't want to inflict his communication style on clients, as he would have had to interact with clients directly in the role.
    - anon743448 2y ago
      I had pleasure of interviewing SWE with 20 years of experience. His resume was one page long. He had helpfully removed details under his old jobs. His resume reflected his communication style. I recommended hiring him.
vonunov 2y ago
Lol, no, I hope not.* But here's something that did happen: I applied to an insurance data entry job to fill the gap. It was Q4 2019 and I'd been in the workforce since 2008. Lots of tech support including big-boy serious-business firewall stuff. I think the application asked if I had a high school diploma, but I figured it was just a cursory formality. Naturally, the background check company pops up, wanting to "verify" my high school diploma. It was a home school diploma, in Texas, where home schooling is completely unregulated except for a one-liner statute declaring home school diplomas equivalent to normal high school diplomas. There's nothing to verify. In the end, I had to get my mother on the line with these people so she could . . . tell them she really did home school me. And they were like, "cool thanks" and pushed through my background check. I mean, she could have been anybody! It's not like they validated anything. If they were checking something that was actually a big deal, that could have been mildly scandalous or something. HireRight. Intelligence to move forward.℠ *but, well,