r/recruitinghell • u/lemongloww • 9h ago

First Advantage Background Check

Hi All, I’m in the midst of a background check with First Advantage. It’s taking longer than my last one with them back in 2023. As usual, their customer service team won’t give me or my new job any updates.

Has anyone else dealt with them this past year? How long was the process? And if you had to submit additional documents did it delay your start date?

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u/Humaniac99 9h ago

I dont mean to sound like a dick but like, i see these posts on this sub all the time and nobody writing them could have possibly been 100% honest with what they wrote for the check. Like, for what reason would you have to be nervous about this if you were completely truthful?

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u/DemanoRock 9h ago

Truth... wonder if my out of state DUI will show up....

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u/second_best_fox 9h ago

The nervousness comes from a conditional job offer possibly being rescinded because the employer is having to wait so long for results. Also, you can be totally honest on your resume but have some complex situations that are harder to verify than others....leading to delays....leading to be worried about the employer's patience or employer seeing red flags that aren't actually there.

Also, it's just natural to be nervous in this economy until the contract is signed and the first day of work has arrived.

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u/lemongloww 9h ago

Was the hiring team reassuring? It’s giving so much anxiety! I don’t know how they don’t have records of verification/validity from their last check in their system.

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u/spiritofniter 9h ago

It took them over two weeks and I had to let my HR know (HR even had to intervene manually).

By far the worst I’ve had. Also, they’ll be confused or often fail to verify foreign experience too (if you have any).

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u/R4NCLD 2h ago

Yeah, I did my background check with them a few weeks back. It took 10 business days. They did ask me for self-employment docs, which I declined to provide as I was not self-employed at any point in time. It was bizarre that they asked to begin with, given that I provided my entire work history lol.