i recently graduated college and have an interview where the company would like a copy of my transcript.
i dont want them to see it, and asked if they needed it, they said its not absolutely needed but would help in the selection process.
my gpa is not bad, but my transcript deffinately shows a couple of periods of slacking off.
i could just man up, which is the dominant thought, and give it to them whole. i could also black out any grades not applicable to the job at hand (like history but i did good in that), or try and go without it all together.
If they are required give in. Otherwise, they may think you are trying to hide something. Good or bad grades dont make the employee.However, it may show the effort one put forth in the institution.
[quote]vizunaldth wrote:
i recently graduated college and have an interview where the company would like a copy of my transcript.
i dont want them to see it, and asked if they needed it, they said its not absolutely needed but would help in the selection process.
my gpa is not bad, but my transcript deffinately shows a couple of periods of slacking off.
i could just man up, which is the dominant thought, and give it to them whole. i could also black out any grades not applicable to the job at hand (like history but i did good in that), or try and go without it all together.
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I woudlnt black anything out. That will lead to major suspicion.
Never had a company request a transcript before. I’d think knowing that you have received the degree would be enough. What kind of job are you interviewing for?
In the future, when a potential employer asks you for something - and you want the job - give it to them. As of now, they have the right to NOT hire your ass. They are looking for red flags. Your resistence to my inquiry would be one.
All of my job interviews straight out of college required transcripts. They want to make sure that you have a degree in what you say you got your degree in, and also make sure you aren’t lying about your GPA or your skillset.
Mostly, it is just so you don’t list a 3.9 on your CV, while you really only got a 2.0… or, more likely, you list your 3.5 overall gpa (with pottery, basketweaving, and human sexuality 101 mixed in) but you’ve got a 1.7 in your major.
Give them the transcript… they probably aren’t going to look at it too closely. It raises suspicions, otherwise.
After the first job, they usually just want references from previous employers and colleagues.
[quote]Hack Wilson wrote:
Forget it. You’ve already lost the job.
In the future, when a potential employer asks you for something - and you want the job - give it to them. As of now, they have the right to NOT hire your ass. They are looking for red flags. Your resistence to my inquiry would be one.
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It depends. If he is dealing with a lower-level HR rep, his “resistance” will probably never be known to the people actually making the hiring decision. In a smaller company, this might be the case, but he could also recover if he interviews well.
nephorm, thanks for the info, it was the angle i was not thinking about.
its a job in IT industry, ERP to be exact. they want me to give a presentation of some project i talked about over the phone. i still have the project and im willing to bet its going to land me the job. it will be nice to write back to a teacher and tell him about how i got a job with the project he assigned.
[quote]vizunaldth wrote:
nephorm, thanks for the info, it was the angle i was not thinking about.
its a job in IT industry, ERP to be exact. they want me to give a presentation of some project i talked about over the phone. i still have the project and im willing to bet its going to land me the job. it will be nice to write back to a teacher and tell him about how i got a job with the project he assigned.[/quote]
You’ve answered your own question. If this project will land you the job, why are you stressing about the transcript?
Your skills, talents, and abilities will outweigh your transcript. Do not black out or omit anything, that’s foul play. As long as you interview well and present yourself well, don’t worry about it. I would rather hire someone with a mediocre GPA who is good at projects and activities than someone with a higher GPA who didn’t work or weren’t in any clubs or activities.
Decent advise from everyone, but the truth is, there is no way of knowing what effect anything is going to have in an interview, because interviews suck. With the exception of the situational interview and the patterned behaviour description interview, interviews are really, really bad predictors of performance.
To the guys that said you’d rather have someone that knows how to “chill out” and that has social skills, if you are ever in a hiring position, you had damn well better be able to present a job analysis conducted by an expert showing that those things are job-relevant, or you are going to get sued (and you’ll probably lose).
Sometimes employers only look at the last semesters on your transcripts. Lets say you did 8 semesters, and you didn’t do so good in the begining, or had ups and downs, they will most likely look at the grades that reflect who you are right now.
Just a little tip. If the bad grades are in blocks, eg 1 semester stands out as being shit, prepare an explanation and try to turn it into a positive.
Eg.
Serious problems in your personal life that you overcame.
You let your social live get out of hand that semester but you learned how to manage time more effectively because of it.
I’m sure you can think of others. The point is to put a positive spin on the negative. This really impresses employers because it shows that you can learn from experiences.
Good luck
No employer will want to hire someone who lies on their first contact with them. Keep that in mind. Maybe even years down the road, they might find out you lied about something like your GPA early on and they can boot you. I know it sounds like a long shot, but it’s happened.