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)</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Quoting 3togo
Who is likely hiding information and making the hiring manager do more work?</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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?</p>
<p>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? </p>
<p>"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.”</p>
<h2>It is to make sure you aren’t lying on your resume." </h2>
<p>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)</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>My personal experience is no. Employers don’t generally care about your transcripts.</p>
<p>Out of a dozen positions (scientific/engineering), only one employer has ever asked me for my transcripts.</p>
<p>…and they did it only to confirm I was enrolled in my M.S. program - since I haven’t quite yet finished.</p>
<p>But - it depends deeply on the employer and industry. Aerospace companies like Pratt & Whitney are notoriously picky about student performance, and will probably ask for your transcript. </p>
<p>The more competitive the position, the more likely it is they will ask you for your transcripts. But they will probably never ask you after your first job - so live through it now, and you will be fine.</p>
<p>Case in point - my uncle graduated from a public university with a LOW GPA just over 2.0. But he did very well in his first job, and eventually rose through the ranks to become a chief engineer earning 250K. </p>
<p>Don’t let it keep you down. College is a very insular environment, and it is completely disconnected from the constraints of the real world. Get over the hump, secure a first job and prove yourself at it. That is the one thing you will be judged on for future positions.</p>