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Updated Dec 29, 2011 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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College Recruiter at FBI
Posted Dec 29, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 (took a day)
First step of the phone interview process for college recruit program. All questions were STAR format. I was contacted through email, and set up a time for the first interview with my recruiter. She didn't call at the appointed time. I was never notified about the cancellation until I made the effort to find out what happened myself. The second appointment she also failed to call at the time we set up. Needless to say, by the third appointment I was very annoyed and agitated with the unprofessional manner of the office. To make matters worse, my recruiter was very rude and blunt when I finally did talk to her.
Describe a time you had to persuade someone of your opinion.
Describe a time you have to accomplish multiple objectives in a specific amount of time.
Describe a situation were you had to make a decision using multiple sources
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Intern at FBI
Posted Dec 3, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in San Antonio, TX (took a day)
Fairly straight forward. Just be sure you go through the whole interview with your head held high and of course prepare for behavior based questions. The interviewer will judge you by your behavior(thumbs twiddling etc..) He said one interviewee almost fainted by the nervousness.
It was 45 minutes long, its been 1-2 weeks since the interview but I figure I will assume I will know of any offer before the Christmas break and for sure by January.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Investigator at FBI
Posted Oct 27, 2011
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 in Albuquerque, NM (took 3 months)
Initial telephonic request for formal interview. Follow up prospective employement application, drug screen, security check agreement. Final formal interview, additional documentation, call back.
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Special Agent at FBI
Posted Jun 20, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2009 (took a day)
Interview Panel consisting of 3 experienced agents. Several questions using the STAR Method.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Intelligence Analyst at FBI
Posted Mar 3, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 in Washington, DC (took 2 months)
I applied through the college recruitment program. The FBI wasn't visiting my school in particular but when I uploaded my resume online a recruiter came across it and sent me an email offering me a phone interview with 2 recruiters. The initial phone interview was strictly behavioral (describe a time when...). Once the phone interview was completed I received another email invitation to visit FBI headquarters in DC (paid for by the Bureau) for a panel interview and to list my job preferences...at the time they were hiring high caliber students to be intelligence analysts, personnel security specialists, lab workers, and staff support specialists. The travel reservations were made by the FBI at the last minute (a day before my scheduled interview) which resulted in several airport transfers to get from NY to DC.
When I arrived at FBI HQ I was the first student to arrive, eventually about 2 dozen of us were corraled into a conference room where the HR specialists told us about the FBI and which departments we would be interviewing with. In talking to the other students, most seemed to be from the Ivy league or DC area colleges.
I had two panel interviews that day, the FBI's Directorate of Intelligence Division and the Personnel Security Division. The interviews were fairly straightforward, one was behavioral while the other focused on my resume and accomplishments. I could tell I made a good impression on the interviewers by sounding very passionate in wanting to work for the Bureau. At the end, I was sent home and notified that I should hear within a few weeks as to whether or not I'd be extended a conditional offer. About a month and a half later I did receive a conditional offer (pending a polygraph exam which I would later fail).
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Negotiation Details
It's the government, you can't negotiate.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Financial Analyst at FBI
Posted Nov 16, 2009
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2007 in Los Angeles, CA (took 10 months)
This was a slow process because of the requirements of secret and background investigation. They are looking for the top individuals. Be ready for a very long process.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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