TheSurvivor

Google always for your GPA but the company ask internship candidates to upload a copy of their transcripts for immediate consideration

worried_mom

What do you mean, "Google always for your GPA"?

TheSurvivor

When you are applying for internships and entry level position at Google, in the application process, they ask for your GPA. Then they also ask you to upload a copy of your transcript if you want your application to receive immediate consideration.

BIGeastBEAST

I use to do contract background investigations and I never had anyone request transcripts, only verification that the degree was obtained. A university isn't allowed to give out GPA.

Verification comes in two possible forms. 1) An employer can call the university registrars office and speak directly a representative, or 2) Their is an online database utilized by many (most) colleges that an employer can access to confirm your degree.

Typically it will only provide you name, graduation date, dates attended, and major/degree.

If they want your transcripts you (the applicant) will need to directly provided a certified copy or provide a signed release allowing the release of the information.

zeroyon04

My new employer offers a different starting salary based on if your GPA is above a certain number, so I have to send them an official copy of my transcript within a few weeks of graduation.

3togo

I have been a hiring manager and I would NEVER suggest this approach. Switch seats for a second ... you're the hiring manager and have two leading candidates for the job and you ask both to see their transcript ... applicant #1 says sure and pulls an official copy out of and gives it to the hiring manager ... applicant #2 says I'd prefer not give you a copy of my transcript so I'd prefer you call my school and they will verify my GPA for you. Who would you hire as the hiring manager? Who is prepared and open? Who is likely hiding information and making the hiring manager do more work? As an applicant do as much as you can to make it as easy as you can for the hiring manager. If you have some skeletons on your transcript pactice your explanations but do not try to hide the info from hiring managers if they ask for something that raises the topic. (PS - I went to a top master's program, top b-school, and done fine in corporate america depsite a 2.5 GPA (including 3 Ds) my first two years as an undergraduate. ... I needed to be able to explain this head on; not hide it)

Tortfeasor

^ Yea if the 1st candidate is good enough, I probably wouldn't even call the school.

UMEE11

For engineering, almost everyone has wanted to at least see an unofficial transcript. I've never had anyone bug me about an official transcript before I started work. It might be the case that they want an official transcript after they've made an offer though.

Timmy2

I have an engineering degree. A few employers have asked for official transcripts to be mailed from the University. Most employers are happy to see an unofficial transcript, at least for initial screening. If I left my GPA off my resume or was not required to input into their online application, that was almost always the first question from the company if I ever heard back from them.

Timmy2

Quoting 3togo
Who is likely hiding information and making the hiring manager do more work?

In a large corporation, the hiring manager doesn't verify GPA. That is what HR departments are for. However, it is too easy for someone to fake an official looking transcript. Further, the company may have no idea what an official transcript from university XYZ looks like. If companies are truly considered about candidates lying about their GPA, they need to get the information straight from the college. However, a company could do that only for the one person they hire and not the 100 that apply.

Beretta9mm

So Swarthmore is the hardest school to get As. They wear shirts like "It would have been an A anywhere else" or something along those lines.

Then you apply for a position, that dude somehow doesn't know Swarthmore and sees some guy from Jackass University get 3.9 and thinks his GPA is better than your Swarthmore 3.6.

That's gotta be annoying.

Lil_Wayne_Fan

If it's an internship and they ask for a transcript, do they also ask for a transcript at the end of the year, after they've already come to a decision?

For example, I just finished my sophomore year, and I'm gonna apply for an internship for NEXT summer in October during my junior year. If they come to a decision in November, and let's say they accept me, would they ever ask for my transcript at the end of my junior year right before I start the summer internship?

thanks

Lil_Wayne_Fan

"My employers have required seeing my official transcripts after they sent out the "Congratulations, we would like to extend to you an offer for this summer. Please follow up by a drug screen, send us your transcripts, and authorize us to do a background check."

It is to make sure you aren't lying on your resume."
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maxellis, Did they ask you for official transcript at the end of the school year? Or just what you had completed at the time you were accepted? (this relates to my last post)

maxellis

After I recieved the acceptance letter I was told I had 5 days to send them my offical transcript. I got the job in early April (spring semester), so the transcript I sent was current through the fall semester.

arklogic

For an engineering internship, I've been asked to send in an official transcript.