Just wondering if a BI will include interviews with family members (parents, siblings etc.), or are these interviews avoided because your own family is likely to say good things about you regardless?
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12-31-08 12:24 PM #1
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Do Background Investigators interview family members?
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12-31-08 12:47 PM #2
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All depends on the department. Some do some dont. Its not always a given that a family will say positive things about an applicant. They may always reveal something you left out.
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12-31-08 02:16 PM #3
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My first department talked to family and friends. They also asked my family/friends who else would be the best person to talk to about me. Then they talked to them. And did the same thing.
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12-31-08 10:18 PM #4
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Sometimes family members think they are helping you out when they are actually throwing you under the bus. Happens all the time.
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01-01-09 07:43 AM #5
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Family isn't as good a source as friends. Ex-soupses are great, but still not very reliable.
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