I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at IRS in June 2009
Interview
I applied online for a TCO (grade 5/7/9) position. Part of the application process is to complete an online skills test that had 3 separate parts. Your score on that test, plus your resume and education level, determined your category rating (A,B,C) for each grade you apply for. I received a Category A for grade 9. Three months after I applied, I got an email asking me to call for an interview slot. I interviewed a few days after I called, and had an approximately 1 hour interview with 3 individuals. It was two group managers and a territory manager. The interview questions consisted of both personality/customer service (what would you do if a taxpayer did such-and-such) and skill/math questions, including how you arrived at your answer. Since the job involves auditing records and dealing with people face-to-face, they want to see how you'd handle it and if you can think on your feet. They wrote down all the answers to my questions on forms.
The managers I interviewed with were very pleasant but I got zero feedback on my answers to the questions. They described the job for me in more detail after the questions and then asked if I had any questions. After the interview, it was about a week before I got an email offering me the position, which I accepted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A taxpayer provides you with telephone records that show 60% personal use and 40% business use. His monthly bill is $75. How much of a deduction for business use would you allow on his taxes for the entire year?
The interview process is long to get but once you get the interview it is a panel of 2 or 3 managers asking you various questions about certain situations and how you would handle it. Also have math questions to solve and they provide a piece of paper for you to solve it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The main thing that is asked is how you would handle a difficult situation between yourself and a customer.
I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at IRS (Austin, TX) in Feb 2023
Interview
After posting closed it took like two months to get the refferal email took get the panel interview and also like to monther after interview to get on job offer.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at IRS (Baton Rouge, LA) in June 2019
Interview
Interview was hard! The waiting game is even harder! Applied March 2019...interviewed June 2019...received tentative offer August 2019!!!! Waiting again on final offer!!! The anticipation is crazy!!! You will likely drive yourself nuts wondering what the final outcome is...
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
2 math questions. 2 accounting questions. 3 situational questions.