Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Job Interview Questions: Applying for a job, how common is it for an employer to ask you to bring a credit report to an interview?

I am applying for a position, and apparently they issue you a company credit card, so they want a credit report brought with you. However, I don't feel like getting a credit report for just one job interview. If it is relatively commonplace, I will go for it just to have it handy.

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Recommended Answer:
I agree with ***. They should be able to pull a report themselves.

I've never heard of an employer asking you to bring one, most places just ask for your signature to pull one themselves.

Tell them that you don't want to pay for it unless they reimburse you (if they bring up that you get one free per year from each bureau just say you've used yours up for this year).

Good luck!

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  • I've never heard of anyone asking that the prospective employee bring one. If they want one they should pull it themselves.

  • It's getting more common with retail, security and financial companies. Many companies are asking for credit profiles of prospective employees. They want to be sure that the employee isn't in such financial straits that they might steal inventory from the company or misuse the company credit card and sell stuff to enhance their income to pay debts.

    You have two choices. You can bring it as they requested or find another job.

    You can get a free credit report from:
    https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/i…

    Just click through the extra options (to get you to buy crdit monitoring services and other junk). Credit scores are not free.

  • It's common for them to have you sign a form that grants them permission to run one on you, but far less common for them to request you bring your own. Someone could easily fabricate their paperwork to look better.

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