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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Business, Finance, and Careers > Career advice
 
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Mar 14, 2005

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Marenghi posted:

It's not particularly common to ask the secondary credentials. I've only noticed one other who did it. I thought it's really weird to be honest.

I would have put N/A but the application had no valid way of doing that. And it was only one tiny part of a much larger application that I didn't expect it to ever be mentioned again.

The thing is if I lie its hardly going to be found out. Getting records that old isn't so easy. And I'm pretty sure privacy laws mean they aren't allowed to try access them.

Sorry, but you (probably) hosed up. Even if they themselves can't get them, I don't see them buying that you can't produce them. Schools in first world countries tend to not just lose records. All it would take is a quick phonecall from you and theoretically you'd be able to get a copy.

You are right that they don't have any bearing on your current education, but their problem isn't going to be their relevance, it's going to be that you lied on your application. Maybe you can get away with it with your "lost to time" excuse, but the chance that someone might go back in check will always be looming over you. Being honest probably won't work either, but there's a chance you can play it off like "oh I made a mistake, I meant to put N/A" or something. Either way I don't see this interview going very well, but of course it depends on the interviewer and how strict they are - I'm sure there are people who let this kind of thing slide as long as your real qualifications are good enough.

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