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If they do a background check it could get marked as an inconsistency. It's hard to say, but it does look bad you didn't catch it.
Rising Star
Don’t mention it was from AI. That would disqualify you in my book. Not for using AI, but for not triple checking the output.
Was the experience you had at that role of particular interest to them (e.g., did they ask many questions about it, or it factored a lot in why they like you)? If so, make a correction and say it was a typo. If not, I'd say ignore it.
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Leave it alone. My title in most of our systems does not include the senior, but my title in my offer letter and my signature block does.
If anyone checked, it would seem inconsistent but titles in official systems do not always capture every nuance negotiated in your offer letter because titles are often tied to comp codes and other prebuilt benefits so new ones aren’t always created when someone starts a position with a better title than the person they backfilled.
Not ideal, but you can work around this. I would provide the company with an updated resume and point out that you mistakenly listed Senior Counsel instead of Counsel. Don’t make a big deal of it or be apologetic - frame it as a simple mistake.
Or…you could roll the dice and leave it. It was two jobs ago and the company may not check. However, if they do and you haven’t disclosed the error beforehand it will reflect poorly on you.
How long ago was the counsel position? Some places only pay their background check company to go back 7-10 years.
For some background checks, you have to enter in or review your info based on what was populated from your resume. If so, you can use that opportunity to correct your title for the background screen. I recently switched jobs and the background check I did had that option.
Leave it alone
Chief
was this an “accident”