Hi All
I am getting close to final round interviews with a global bank and am wondering about the background check process, particularly the past employment section.
I have a work career that spans 25 years. The last 12 years I have been working as an independent contractor under a sole proprietorship i.e. I work directly with clients on projects rather than via a formal corporate consultancy and work when I feel the need to. Prior to this I had 7 roles over 13 years for large corporate institutions. This is all clear to my interviewers and from my CV.
With my current independent contractor work how will the background checker verify this? Do they contact my clients? Or is any contact with my clients part of the more general reference check (vs background check) process?
Also how far back to they go to verify my employment history? Is there a statute of limitations here? Will they expect to speak to clients I worked with say in 2006 to verify that I was independent contracting back then? Similarly with my corporate roles, will they go back to jobs I held back in 2005 or 1995 to verify that I was employed then?
Thanks all!!