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MBB background checks - Did I misrepresent my experience?

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New answer on Oct 30, 2020
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Anonymous A asked on Aug 08, 2020

Hi, so I have received an offer for an experienced hire role at McKinsey and am currently going through my background checks.

The role requires 2 years of experience. Now I do have 2 years of my experience - 1 year as a consultant most recently, but also 1 year at a F500 company in industry prior to that. However, the 1 year at the F500 company was what we call a placement year. Essentially this is a 1 year long internship at the company (I believe these are called Co-ops in the US).

Now I have never been asked during the process what kind of role this was so have never actually lied about this. However, I'm worried that they will think I have misrepresented my experience due to the 2 year experience requirement.

​Should I contact HR regarding this and should I be worried?

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Sidi
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Hi!

Please relax - this will not be a problem! Congrats for the offer - wish you lots of success at McKinsey. It is a fantastic place for professional development!

Cheers, Sidi

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Anonymous A on Aug 08, 2020

Thank you for the useful response Sidi
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Hi there,

Congrats on the offer. Not sure why you should be worried:

  1. They of course saw your CV before and assessed it was good for the position
  2. You actually have 2 years of experience

If you correctly presented your previous experiences in your CV, I don’t see reasons to be worried.

Best,

Francesco

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Anonymous A on Aug 08, 2020

Hi Francesco. Thank you very much for your useful response. The reason I am worried is because I am not sure if they count 1 year of placement year / Co-op experience the same as a normal 1 year experience. However, as you say, I didn’t misrepresent this on my CV, just didn’t specify that it was a Co-op as I considered this full time experience when I applied.
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Hi there,

Well done on the offer - congratulations!

No need to worry. This is a minor detail and that experience does indeed still count. You can rest easy :)

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Anonymous replied on Aug 08, 2020

Dear A,

First of all, my congratulation to your offer.

Don't worry, if you clearly represent you experience in CV than everything will be ok.

Wish you good luck and good start in your career.

If you need any insights or advice on your career starting, feel free to reach out.

Best,

André

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Congratulations! You'll be fine, this is not a big deal

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Hi Anonymous,

No that sounds fine - you have a somewhat solid argumentation, that's the most important thing about it.

Hope that helps - if so, please be so kind and give it a thumbs-up with the green upvote button below!

Robert

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Hi there,

Congratulations on your offer! I am sure you did a great job!

But don’t worry, everything will be fine.

All the best,

GB

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