I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at US Fish and Wildlife Service
Interview
Standard complicated government application process. Submit a resume with multiple repetitions of the most applicable key word you can think of because the initial picks are done solely on keyword counts. Hope there are not to many veterans applying, claim to be an expert at everything and maybe you will make the top three. If your lucky it won't be a name selected position and you will get a real interview. Otherwise you will get a phone interview or no interview. I was a name selected candidate so no interview was necessary.
I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at US Fish and Wildlife Service
Interview
Very formal with a panel of three people. They asked a series of behavioral questions, "describe a time..." probably 6 or 8 of these in succession. It was hard to think of examples towards the end.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Is there anything we didn't cover in the interview about yourself that you would like to tell us
Straight forward with basic questions but then went more technical from midway to end. It was very interesting and it required a breadth of knowledge from various experiences to answer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want this job and where do you see your self?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at US Fish and Wildlife Service in Jan 2020
Interview
Made sure to put ALL the keywords into my resume and made it through the first round. Contacted me via phone to see if I was still interested and set up an interview time. Interview was over the phone and took about 45 min. They asked a mixed of formal and technical (specific to the job) interview questions.
