Wrong info on job application! agh!

taram

I applied recently for my ideal job, am in the final round of interviews and have to provide my junior cert and leaving certificates! Which is mad considering I'm finishing my post grad work at the moment However I told them my JC music grade was a B and it was actually a C How bad will this look? Should I admit it? Really nervous over this, hope someone has had experience of this and can advise

Feel like an idiot!

LegacyUser

Leave it, don't want to bring attention to yourself. If they say anything say you filled the form out off he top of your head, should have really double checked.

Taltos

Hi - when I applied for my current role I made a similar mistake - but had quoted the wrong current salary....

Just rang the HR contact I was dealing with and explained that I had made an error as I had not received my P60 at the time. She thanked me and told me not to worry about it.

2 ways. One is to contact them and fess up to a simple clerical error - but JC really... Not sure they will even look at it - I never quote those grades anymore.
The other option is to answer if asked - Oh Really??? It must have been a typo.

Maybe do nothing until you get the call for the interview and decide then, as things like spelling etc are used to weed out the applicants - so not sure how this would be used... You know - if the applicant cannot get their own details correct do we really want to hire them....

krudler

Seriously? if a job you're applying for cares about your JUNIOR CERT then its not a job worth having, I dont even remember my junior cert results, they only matter when you do it. Do you honestly think any employer is going to ring the dept of education and find out your actual junior cert grades?

Cunsiderthis

krudler wrote: »

Seriously? if a job you're applying for cares about your JUNIOR CERT then its not a job worth having, I dont even remember my junior cert results, they only matter when you do it. Do you honestly think any employer is going to ring the dept of education and find out your actual junior cert grades?

I thought they had asked the OP to provide his certificate? If he doesn't do as he has been requested, the interviewer might read something into that which prejudices his application.

The OP's aim is to be offered this job, therefore he must provide what he is asked for rather than appear uncooperative or striking attitudes about why they want the certificates.

If it were me, I'd provide the certificates, handing them over personally, and would mention that I thought one of the grades might not be accurate. If thats not a possibility, I'd write a cover letter mentioning that, "...on checking, the music grade is a "C" " And leave it at that.

krudler

Cunsiderthis wrote: »

I thought they had asked the OP to provide his certificate? If he doesn't do as he has been requested, the interviewer might read something into that which prejudices his application.

The OP's aim is to be offered this job, therefore he must provide what he is asked for rather than appear uncooperative or striking attitudes about why they want the certificates.

If it were me, I'd provide the certificates, handing them over personally, and would mention that I thought one of the grades might not be accurate. If thats not a possibility, I'd write a cover letter mentioning that, "...on checking, the music grade is a "C" " And leave it at that.

My bad, read the op wrong, ok thats a different thing, still wouldnt make a big deal out of it, is the music part even an aspect of the job? most employers wouldnt care if it wasnt, getting a B playing the clarinet wont help you become an accountant :pac:

txt_mess

It depends , I would ring ahead and inform them of your mistake it as it's just good practice.

If you are going for certain jobs ( especially ones in the financial or security based ones ) speaking from experience they hire an outside company to run background checks and verify everything and I do mean everything down to social pastimes groups you say your affiliated with. It doesn't have a relevance on the role but they are just verifying that you are not lying on your application.

What happens then is they will inform the hirer and ask if it has relevance on the role, if they ask you simply say it was a typo on weight of things it will be ignored so I wouldn't worry.

taram

My actual cert is somewhere buried in my home in Cork, I'm in England right now and couldn't remember off the top of my head. The job has got nothing to do with music, so probably a non-issue, but the email I got specifically said I'd have to provide the certificates.

I'll fess up and say it was a typo, just never been asked this before, it was a decade ago!

Thanks for the help. Next time I'll triple check!

LegacyUser

No one is ever going to check that.