Hello , I'm currently waiting for my background check to be cleared. Hireright sent report to Microsoft 1 week ago. HR person told me that It takes up to 3 week maybe more. I had 3 yellow flags in my report when I was sent to microsoft. Global Education, Employment , Gap Standard; all with Pending - Security Review. I did not lie in my application, but since I was working as self employed contractor, HireRight was not able to validate that. Shit, this job was not even in my resume, since I was totally unrelated to software development. How long time will it take for them to get back to me? Should I worry about anything? Currently I'm out of my job, should I start applying for more jobs just in case? Thank you! #microsoft #backgroundcheck #hr #timeline #software #swe
Yellow flags are fine. Gap standard is not a biggie - reported dates can vary from actual by a little bit and not lead to any additional issues for you.
Hey there. Sorry, I know this is an old post. But about to go through background at MS. Any idea how off the dates can be? Just realized I have one off by ~2 months. Left earlier then stated on resume. Prev. Employer 7 years ago
You will be fine.
Unless you have done serious crime, faked degree/jobs, or are james bond with fake IDs you will be fine.
Define serious crimes. Does a DV misdemeanor count as one?
Not msft. Not hireright. But my bgc is also taking forever, and its delaying everything else like giving my notice, and therefore delaying my start date. Its f&$king frustrating
I had employment gap and it was not a problem. Got a response from Microsoft 8 days after Hireright sent the report back.
Thank you everyone! If for whatever reason, hr or hirigin manager would have any questions to me or there will be some problems, they would let me know right? Thank you! I will provide an update when it's all done. Can't damn wait.
Yep! They will let you know if some inconsistency comes up.
Just an update. Background check was cleared after 9 days it was sent to Microsoft!
Give Microsoft a week or so to get to you!
@scoobyyy, could you explain what do you mean? I've got email from hr saying that background check was cleared and the next step was to comlete I9 Anywhere. I did complete that 6 days ago, and now I'm still waiting for response from MSFT. Do you guys what's the timeline for completed I9 MSFT step? Thank you.
Good luck OP - thanks for the update and wish you a smooth transition to Microsoft
Does gap standard not include employment verification?
If you didnt lie you should be good. They are just looking to see that you have the degree you say you do. The employment check has more flexibility
any idea if they cross microsoft cross references this with the resume?