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Updated May 16, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Communications at Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Posted May 16, 2012
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in Washington, DC (took 3 weeks)
Had two interviews for a position, one with a panel and then one with the selecting official. Generally everyone was cordial. They did keep referencing how great the culture is there.
However, when I asked someone on the panel about the OCC's new website, he wasn't aware that OCC had one. Someone else had to confirm that. Then another panelist was on her BlackBerry the entire time. In the 1:1 interview, the interviewer somehow brought political affiliation into the conversation, which I thought was inappropriate.
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Interviewed Apr 2012 in Denver, CO (took 2 months)
Interview process wasn't bad and it seems like a good place to work, i just screwed up on the writing test
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Background Check, a Skills Test, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Group/Panel Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 in Dallas, TX (took a day)
I applied through the website on February 10, 2012. I didn't realize they were recruiting on campus, but I got the interview anyway. I was not contacted for almost a month on March 5, 2012. The recruiter wanted to schedule a phone interview. My options were that same day or the next on the sixth. The phone interview lasted almost an hour and consisted of mainly behavioral-type questions. She said I'd be contacted if an invitation to their career exploration day was offered. I received the invitation on March 16th, ten days later. The career exploration day for me was April 12th. They flew me out and paid for all of my expenses. The interview started with finger printing and a presentation about the OCC. We also filled out reimbursement forms. I immediately had an interview with a panel of 3. They were nice and conversational. After the interview I took the writing test. Like mentioned before, it does not require much technical skill. We had lunch after that and finished off the day with an accounting test. The accounting test was pretty basic. I'm not an accounting major and passed. I borrowed an accounting book, but mainly I googled the subjects on the study guide sent with the invitation. I received a call on the 24th. I accepted the offer.
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I did not negotiate. Salary was fair, and I got my first choice location
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Interviewed Apr 2012 in Chicago, IL (took 2+ months)
Applied through my school's job listings. Was called to schedule a 1:1 on campus interview a couple of weeks later. I had to reschedule due to a death in my family. They had no issue with the reschedule. The 1:1 on campus interview was conducted by someone who had graduated from my school and only been with the OCC a few years. The questions were behavioral. I was told that it would be no less than 2 weeks before I heard anything. After about a month I was contacted via phone and email to attend a Career Day in downtown Chicago.
The Career Day lasts from 7am-4pm. They say that breakfast and lunch are served but I should have eaten first. It was just bagels and fruit for breakfast and then lunch was platters of lunch meat, fancy breads and desserts.
By 730am all of us were gathered in a big conference room and pushed to ask questions of the two 'hosts'. The questions are not shared with HR or anyone so you can ask whatever you want... vacation Q's, money Q's, testing Q's. After everyone relaxed we were taken in for the writing test. Everyone is so nervous about this but really if you took a Business Communications course and did well- this part will be a breeze. If you didn't and always freak out when you have a paper to write- then you might want to do some practice essays before going in for the written part. The pass rate is very low for this portion.
There is a short break then we came back to take a multiple choice skills test. They said that typically 95-100% pass this- which makes me think that it's more of a survey than a test. Some of the questions are answers to other ones and if you went over the sample problems they gave you ahead of time- you will notice that they are on the test.
After the skills test is lunch followed by fingerprinting and behavioral panel interviews. During the interview they also seemed to be checking to see how comfortable I was talking to strangers.
They tell you that the people who interview you are from the office that will try to take you- so if you see your top pick location on your interviewers name tag- that's a good sign.
My interviewers were not from any of my location preferences. I thought I was either not going to get picked or asked to go somewhere I didn't want.
Two weeks later I received a phone call from the person in charge at my top choice location with the offer.
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There is no negotiating. If you have past military experience there is some sort of carry over as far as time-off goes but that's not negotiation it's just how government jobs work. Some people with prior military service were asking questions about this when we were in a group.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Background Check, a Skills Test, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Group/Panel Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Assistant National Bank Examiner at Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Posted Apr 16, 2012 — 3 of 3 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 (took a day)
I recieved a phone call about to schedule a phone interview. The interviewer after the phone screening informed me that I recieve some type of notice. A few weeks later, I recieved an invitation to come to Career Exploration Day. I flew into Dallas, TX, where the region's headquarter is located. It was pretty much the same like the phone interview in terms of the panel interview. The accounting test was average in diffculty. There's an wirting assessment which took me the entire time to complete.
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The interview consisted of a Background Check, a Skills Test, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Group/Panel Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Assistant National Bank Examiner at Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Posted Apr 23, 2012 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2012 (took 2 days)
The first interview was a standard 1:1 behavioral interview. The interviewer was really friendly and typed everything I said. The whole meeting was very scripted.
The second interview was a day long event in New York. It included a financial skills test, written test, interview, background/credit check, and some informational lectures. The financial skills test was difficult, but I am a management major and I studied my old accounting and finance books and I passed. The written test was a little easier for me. I think the pass rate is lower on the written test, though. You just need to be able to summarize the right information. The interview is what got me. I was interviewed by two older white men. One was rather intimidating and had a sour look on his face the whole time. It was a behavioral interview that lasted about an hour. The also ask that you use different situations for each one, so have a lot of situations ready to grab from. The background/credit check was a standard fingerprinting session. Except for the one interviewer, they were all incredibly friendly and were there to answer my questions.
They also paid for the hotel and expenses. Overall, great experience. I hope to apply again in the future after I get some more experience.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Background Check, a Skills Test, a Group/Panel Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Assistant National Bank Examiner at Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Posted Apr 19, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2012 (took 2 weeks)
I applied through the OCC website then went through a phone screening and passed to the next round which was career exploration day in NYC. It was an entire day consisting of an interview, knowledge test (which was basic accounting and economics), a written test which was a case study, and then fingerprinting and some presentations by people who work there already.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Background Check, a Skills Test, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Assistant National Bank Examiner at Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Posted Apr 19, 2012
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 in Dallas, TX (took a day)
First emailed all the necessary documents according to the OCC website. After about 2 weeks, I received an email wanting to set up a phone interview. Phone interview went well. Basic behavorial questions and the interviewer explains the position with the required amount of travel. After a waiting period of about 2 weeks, you are contacted whether you will be invited to career day in whichever region you applied to. I was lucky enough to be invited with 80 other people out of over 800 people that applied. At career day, they introduce themselves. You do fingerprints. Then I did a panel interview with 3 other bank examiners. Same questions on the phone interview, but a little more detailed. I also took an accounting test which was very simple. Then I had to complete a writing sample. This is where a lot of the ppl interview fail. The writing portion requires no technical knowledge, just forming a report and putting it in a well mannered report. The agency is amazing and career exploration day was awesome. Unfortunately, today I was not offered a position. I only hope one day I will be able to work for them. It is a very competitive position.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Assistant National Bank Examiner at Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Posted Apr 10, 2012
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2.0
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 in Minneapolis, MN (took a day)
Received call within a week of applying. Interviewer was very nice. Asked behavior type questions. Provided information about next steps of interview process. Emphasized the the amount of traveling involved.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Accounting at Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Posted Apr 9, 2012
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4.0
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 (took 4 weeks)
This interview was a behavioral interview which consisted of standard interview questions given by one person. Accordingly, study behavior based interview questions online and you should do fine.
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