[deftnerd]

One of the most depressing moments was when I got a high-paid and very desirable job at Dell. I was even upfront about my history with my interviewer (I've never hidden or lied about it before) who assured me that it wasn't an issue.

I was working for 3 days and was nice and comfortable in my office and made lots of friends when security arrived and escorted me to my car and told me I wasn't allowed back on Dell property because I failed my background check.

I went through enough depression at the time that I gave up on the tech sector for a few years and worked food industry.

[jsmthrowaway]

Ah, I see Dell and Google do background checks the same way. Google just waits a couple months.