bcla
On our rugged Eastern foothills.....
- Joined
- Nov 28, 2012
Most companies would not spend the money on a background check if they had no intention of considering you for the position at all.
When I was looking for a job, there was this one very large company that sent in requests for the information needed to start a background check. I'd received a lot of these requests too, although I wasn't sure of which request corresponded to which job listing. One time I was in contact with a recruiter whose job was to find candidates for any job, rather than being assigned jobs to recruit for. I think once he even made a request for the background check request without a particular job that I was interviewing for. He said that the process was kind of slow and sometimes they made requests well in advance.
I interviewed at this company a lot. I'd typically get a request for this same background check info and consent before each interview. They also had a note saying that if a previous form was submitted less than six months ago, it could be ignored since they already had what they needed. Once I got one request before an interview but I ignored it since I had interviewed with the company multiple times. After the interview I got a reminder even though the 3 day deadline had passed, so I figured I was in strong consideration. Still - I wonder if I should have just filled it in one more time anyways.