Disclosing negatives

[tyuwerty]

"Reckless Driving" is still a conviction and it is not a minor traffic offense in many people's eyes. They will find the arrest and the "Reckless" on your background check, guaranteed. A guy at my company was let go in initial for this situation as he did not disclose the "reckless".

 

[efiscompmon]

In MOST states--when you are convicted, the original charge ans arrest are listed.

Believe that when the background checkers pull your record from the county courthouse they will get EVERYTHING related to that case.

So if you were arrested for X and pled to Y, you'd better believe that they will know all about X. God help you if X was something bad or on the disqualifying list--even though you were never convicted of it.

Best friend learned this the hard way.....

 

[FatesPawn]

Don't mistake what I have been saying guys.

Admit everything.

Deny nothing.

Accept responsibility.

When they ask about your reckless driving conviction, tell them the details. You were swerving. It was late. You were tired. You screwed up. You used bad judgement. You learned a valuable lesson. Don't lie.

The worst mistake an interviewee can make (after lying) is vomit details of embarrassing incidents that the interviewer didn't even ask. It's amazing what people will spew when asked, "Tell me about yourself."

Most good interviewers don't even have to ask the hard questions. Pilots love to talk and talk and talk and talk and talk....

Fate