I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at FSA (Arlington, VA) in July 2016
Interview
I applied online, was contacted probably within a week by phone. Asked brief questions, and then heard an in-person interview would be scheduled about a week later. Had the in-person at agency's HQ. Took 3 hours for them to offer me the position.
If you're interviewing for a position with their DEA contract, make sure to be completely transparent as soon as they contact you. Anything over marijuana use is considered an auto-disqualification for even a public trust security clearance, even if it was sparing and experimental. You don't want to accept the offer only to have it rescinded once you answer questions about prior drug use honestly. I wish that drug use would have been brought up from the very first point of contact - would have saved a lot of time on everyone's part.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: Why are you interested?
Q: Describe your duties?
Q: What would your employer say about you?
Q: Is there anything in your past that would prevent you from getting a security clearance?
Thank you for taking the time to provide us feedback. We plan on reviewing our process to determine how we might appropriately share additional information on the criteria the Government uses to determine Security Access suitability, and at what stage in the process this would make the most sense.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at FSA
Interview
I interviewed with a government attorney, a supervising paralegal, and a government paralegal. Great and smooth interview process. Interviewers were friendly, and had already reviewed my background and interests, and adequeately answered all questions I had for them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: Why are you interested in this position?
Q: What is your previous legal experience?
Q: Are you willing to make the commute everyday to the office?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at FSA
Interview
Applied online through their website and got a response by email to submit a pre-interview screening via HireVue. There were a set of 12 questions that you record yourself answering. I heard back within a week to schedule an in-person interview. The interview questions for both pre-interview and in-person were very standard. I was offered the position the following day. Because of the clearance level I was informed it would take 12-18 months.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you know about FSA?
What duties did you have at your previous job?
How comfortable are you using microsoft software?
How familiar are you with using databases?
Where do you see yourself 5-10 years?
What do you like most about your job?
What do you like the least?
How do you handle difficult situations?
