Amazon Background Check - Criminal + Credit?

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MUOv37

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MUOv37
Feb 4 21 Comments

Hello,

I just got an offer for AWS and they sent me a link for Accurate. It only had me fill out my current address and SSN, nothing else.

Will they only be checking criminal? My credit score is 652, is that going to be an issue?

I am assuming they will not be checking employment since they didn't ask for it?

Please help me out!

TC: $300K

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  • Adobe
    y6t5d

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    y6t5d
    With that credit score your offer will be changed to warehouse hourly worker
    Feb 4 3
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    DkGa82

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    DkGa82
    I recently did one as well for Amazon. They only asked for addresses and it was only criminal.

    Heads up that if you call Accurate and ask them for a copy of the report theyโ€™ll send to Amazon, theyโ€™ll give one to you as well. You have a right to it.
    Feb 4 3
    • New
      MUOv37

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      MUOv37
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      Did you ask for yours? What all did it show? my credit report showed past employers but titles were inaccurate
      Feb 4
    • New / Product
      DkGa82

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      DkGa82
      Yup, only because they offered otherwise I wouldnโ€™t have known I could. I called about an unrelated question.

      They didnโ€™t credit check me afaik (maybe because Iโ€™m coming from Canada, not sure) but the criminal check was all in a PDF doc they forwarded to my email. It was basically the results from about 10 different law enforcement databases.
      Feb 4
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    aaaaaple

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    aaaaaple
    Bad news, Amazon only hires people with perfect credit scores ๐Ÿ™ƒ
    Feb 4 1
    • New
      MUOv37

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      MUOv37
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      Fuck
      Feb 4
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    itTakesTim

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    itTakesTim
    They check everything. My BG check pulled up jobs I'd forgotten about like working at Circuit City in high school and petty traffic violations.

    I'm sure credit is checked where legal and relevant for the job. You're a code monkey, not an L8+ in finance, so not you.
    Feb 4 3
    • New
      MUOv37

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      MUOv37
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      ok good to know thanks
      Feb 4
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      itTakesTim

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      itTakesTim
      I think it just automatically imported everything from LinkedIn on the original job application.

      No one looks that closely at things, just don't lie and you'll be fine.
      Feb 4
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    prynce

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    prynce
    Itโ€™s just criminal !

    But on another note, Iโ€™m a little young and new to tech, why would companies check credit scores?
    Feb 4 3
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      prynce

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      prynce
      So it stands to reason that some companies donโ€™t hire people with poor credit scores?

      Wont them getting a high paying job help them improve their credit scoreโ€ฆ?
      Feb 4
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      MUOv37

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      MUOv37
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      good question! how long ago did you join amazon? I just pulled a few credit reports on myself and it didn't look bad, just a missed payment on some paypal thing.

      My concern is one of the credit reports showed some job history, but the titles are wrong. just hope its not an issue
      Feb 4