Social Security Administration Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – Background check, panel interview, offer

Negotiation Details – No

Interview Details – The interview process takes a long time and there are several people involved. Usually, the people involved don't know each other and no one can give you any information about the process- how long it will take, when the job starts, what the job is, etc. They basically just interview you and decide themselves what job to put you in, if they decide to hire you. If you do well in the interview, they invite you back to take a brief math test. After you finish everything, it can take a month or longer before you hear back from them. If they do offer you a job, they may only give you a couple weeks notice before you have to begin a training class. In the interview, they ask general questions for which you have to provide examples from your life illustrating how you have dealt with and overcome different situations or obstacles in the past and they write down everything you say. The overall process seemed to be very disorganized and the communication was horrible. I can't really complain, because I did receive a job offer, which made all the stress of the process worth it in the end

Negotiation Details – There is no negotiation. You may not even know what position you are interviewing for until you get the job (unless you only applied for one position, then it is most likely that one). If they hire you, the salary is what it is and there is no negotiating over that

Interview Details – Got a phone a call phone call from a recruiter and he setup an interview with the team lead.

Negotiation Details – It was pretty easy phone interview for a qa analyst position, he asked me few basic questions like what is test case, test plan and experience with UNIX, SQL and qtp, the phone interview lasted about 30 minutes and then in person interview with the manager lasted about an hour, he too asked pretty similar questions.
and the next day i got the offer.

Interview Details – It was a very informative interview and the district manager took the time to go over the processes of the social security administration. Overall it was a relaxed interview and the job was a great opportunity, especially since I was a student.

Interview Details – The interview consist of 2 managers asking situation questions. Basic questions like customer service, strength/ weakness. Have your references ready because they will call. Be ready to get finger-printed.

Negotiation Details – If you are unclear about the salary schedule, ask questions.

Interview Details – The interview consisted mainly of a group of 3 people asking me to describe a situation and its outcome.

Interview Details – The aptitude test was very difficult and I understood that out of 240 people taking it, only 40 people passed it. The interview was much harder. They gave me the wrong office number (I think on purpose) and there was no one in the lobby to redirect me and they were not listed on the plaque of offices either. Then, when I got there four people were in the room. There was one who was totally silent, one good cop, one bad cop, and one who tried to illicit responses. All took notes. Bad cop pounced on me right out of the gate making me believe that I should show no empathy with SSI applicants - then, at the end one did a poor acting job as a turned down applicant and I was supposed to respond. It was all a sham. They also ask what do you do if someone who is repeatedly turned down for SSI and threatens to commit suicide to you? What do you do if you work in a gas station and there is a non-perishable food delivery out back, a long line of customers, you need to call another worker to come help - in what order do you deal with this? Many silly questions, and they were passing inside jokes after I gave some of my answers- don't ever say that you will send a memo out to communicate something with coworkers- they really joked about that. I felt like I had been through some type of strange psychological experiment when it was done, and I don't think I would want to work for any of the people in that room, except for maybe the bad actor. I imagine it is a good job, but SSA is going broke quickly- it may only be a five or ten year job anyway.

Interview Details – I was contacted by a very friendly and capable Staffing Specialist, who arranged for an interview with the two managers to whom the position would report (Director and Deputy Director). The interview was a straight-up behavioral interview with the requisite, "Do you have any questions for me?" at the end.

Negotiation Details – There is very little room to negotiate in the federal government's hiring process for Title 5 employees. Salary and benefits are set.

Interview Details – I applied for a Technical support technitian positions on line and about a month and a half later I received a call from an HR person at the Social Security Administration for a job interview. The interview consisted of two persons asking behavioral types questions, the questions are not straight forward because there is no real right or wrong answer but you have to draw on your own experience. For example, how you deal with a complex problem? How do you figure out how to take a risky decision? etc.
The people were extremely nice and spend a great deal of time talking about the benefits of working for the organization.