I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at United States Federal Government (Port Hueneme, CA) in Nov 2015
Interview
1.A panel of three people: the director, two lead program analysts.
2.The difficult part is to make it to the best-qualified pool and wait until the hiring manager exhausts the CTAP/ICTAP and veterans then it's your turn. OPM's job is to rate based on your education, experience, how your skills match what the job requires (look for keywords). There are tips on govjobs.gov and other website. You really need a good resume (not a typical private sector resume)
3.they are friendly and try not to scare you.
4. A set of questions on a sheet they have to rate. 10% each for 10 questions
5. Takes about 60 mins.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Mostly behavioral questions and some job-related questions. If you don't have the answer, that is okay too. They don't expect you to know everything government does, they will train you (that is why they have lots of veterans, I don't think veterans receive enough education to do a job). If you make it to best-qualified pool, you are qualified. They just want to know if the team can work well with you.
I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at United States Federal Government (Norfolk, VA)
Interview
Strait forward, no nonsense did not follow the position description. The PD was from a different job. The position is very technical and with the right background easy to accomplish. Time consuming, but not challenging.
I applied online. I interviewed at United States Federal Government (San Juan, PR) in June 2020
Interview
The interview is a performance based interview process. Pbi process is how all federal agency’s perform interviews. Just be confident and answer questions fully and as detailed as possible. The interviews are usually panels consisting of a few different management officials.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name an experience where you had to show leadership. What was the situations and how do you overcome it?