Posted by: Jai_Nepal December 25, 2010
Another question to IT gurus
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about a year ago I applied to a job via my school's career website. They emailed me back the next day and told me I was a very good candidate for a managerial position. They asked me if I was still interested and obviously I said yes. They sent me a form to fill via post mail the following week. The form asked some personal questions like Date of birth, SSN, sex, and my bank account number. I immediately got suspicious and contacted my school to verify if this was a legit company. Turned out they were scammers based in Nigeria. Luckly I hadn't send them any of my information. 

Listening to your story, the offer sounds too good to be true. If it is too good to be true, it is probably not true! 
I know you must be excited and want to believe it is true... I was too.. since it was the first time a company showed interest in me. but dont let that blind you. I am not saying this is a scam, but just be careful. Just because the email address has the company's name, doesn't mean its legitimate. Call them on Monday and ask them.... 
The place where I work, they also did a background check on me.. but only after they took my interview.... I mean it doesn't make sense for a company to do a BG check on all its applicants. They would only want to do that for people they are very interested in. And they wont know who they are very interested in until they take your interview. They might be interviewing 15 people for the job... wy would they do a BG check on all those people? Wouldn't it make more sense to select 3-4 candidates after the interview and then do a BG check on them?
I dont know... something just doesn't sound right. be careful.
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