Error on Cv and now have an interview, do I come clean before?

If you've got a degree and work experience I would take GCSEs off your CV. Usually it's only if you're still young and don't have much experience that they would be there.

I have worked in the NHS for many years, had many interviews and other than my relevant degree have never been asked to prove school grades. Really not a big deal at all.

Definitely tell them about the error, if not it could cause serious ramifications.

Good luck OP. You will feel so much better going in to the interview with this straightened out.

Was the CV typed OP, I'm assuming it was, so just tell them that after sending it in, you realised you made a typo, 'c' is literally diagonally below 'd' on the keyboard, so assuming you weren't trying to pull a fast one, and have now chickened out, it's likely that that is exactly what it was.

That isn’t the same as it being a fail though.

Might make a difference if you want to go on to do additional qualifications in your new role. A friend wanted to start a nursing apprenticeship (had been in an HCA role). They were keen for her to do it but she had to do a functional skills qualification in maths first as she didn't have the right GCSE grade.

Good luck with the interview.

Take a fresh copy with correction to interview

at my last interview my documents were processed by a secretary at the top of the day , maybe you could tell them there was a typo and swap over documents, if not hand fresh copy at end of interview

good luck

how old are you?
not being agist, but if you're in your 20s and not a great deal of work experience, the grade you achieved is probably more relevant than if you have a few decades of experience.

Qualified accountant with a CSE grade 2 in maths 😁
My cse's and o levels dropped off of my CV a long while ago.

I would drop the recruiter an email now and just say in reviewing the application, you realise there is a typo you had not spotted, explain what and then add that you also have a degree .

Apologise and say you are looking forward to the interview.

I use to work in the NHS, I interviewed and I would be fine about that unless the job stated you had to have specific grades, but I would also deem that anyone with a degree must have basic mathematical skills noi matter what the degree is in.

They are only human, and best to confess beforehand and it should be fine.

Good Luck!

No you don't, I have a GCSE D in maths and studied a medical degree where they never once asked about my GCSEs results.

College did but I just did a 1 day training class and quiz to show I could do the math, its not a certificate or recognized qualification it was just proof of being capable for the colleges records.

Aah that’s great OP good luck with your interview.

I work in the NHS as a recruiter there is no literacy test any more! For all post staff must have as a minimum level 4 GCSE, functional skills level 2 or the equivalent qualification if from overseas. The OP just needs to come clean. I’d suggest she undertakes functional skills level 2 as the vast majority of employers expect these as a minimum!

I was using it as shorthand so as not to have to type out “typographical errors” in full, so using an apostrophe where letters are missing in a contraction.

Out of interest I googled do I need to provide GCSE certificates for NHS job and weirdly the top result is a thread from last year from a poster who was asked for tiem

Unless your job in the NHS is policy manage for GCSE certificates it's maybe possible you don't know what will happen to all in all of the job vacancies

www.mumsnet.com/talk/work/4991962-nhs-jobs-need-gcse-certs-even-if-taken-30-yrs-ago

As an NHS recruiter, telephone the recruitment team and explain the typo. The NHS do ask you to submit your qualifications if you’re successful and if they have decided GCSE in maths at C or above is an essential criteria for the post they will withdrawn the offer. The NHS now require for all posts Maths and English GCSE grade 4 or above or functional skills level 2.

Don’t panic - for staff who don’t have gcse maths and English, there is an NHS literacy and numeracy test that staff can sit, so at worst you’d just need to take that as part of your induction if you got the job. Whatever you do, don’t lie and hope not to get found out. Just say you made a typo but that’s not a reflection of literacy and numeracy skills overall!

I'm glad the OP has owned it.

Also amazed that though was an error, so many thought it was OK because no-one looks.

How would anyone feel if someone got job ahead of a qualified candidate, by submitting an inaccurate CV?

I thought once you are degree educated, you simply do not list A levels or GCSE grades on your CV.

I can remember my A Level and degree results, but wouldn't have the bloody foggiest what my GCSE results were. I couldnt even tell you half of the subjects. It was twenty years ago! I also wouldn't have a clue where ANY of the school certificates are, but would hazard a guess at they're somewhere in my parent's loft.

I've had several jobs (including a graduate one) and only ever been asked for proof of my degree, never anything lower. Not in the NHS though, to be fair.

I work for the NHS, don’t worry - they won’t ask for school qualification certificates. I personally would leave it and don’t say anything.

Not all employers are like this - I'd be looking at how she deals with the situation and her past employment history. Nothing worse than an employee that thinks they are 100% right all the time or don't admit to mistakes / take action to rectify the matter. They cause the most risk to our business - seen a few of them in my career.

From personal experience, I've sort of lied in my CV and then freaked out when progressing through the interviewing (4 or 5 stages). Mortified was an understatement. Even though I badly needed the job, I came clean and emailed the hiring manager. Stated the "typo" and expressed my desire to work there etc. It didn't matter and I got the job.
Come clean, OP!