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Clerk at US Census Bureau
Posted Mar 24, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 (took 3 months)
I had to take a test and get a certain score to be selected. The test was a joke I got a 98 with one question wrong but they grade on a huge curve you need 10 questions right to pass and if you only get 1 right you get a 56% haha. Then i got a call almost 3 months later and a 5 minute interview later I was offered a job that i took.
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No. It's a government job so there is not much you can do in that department.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Clerk at US Census Bureau
Posted Jul 4, 2010
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 in San Antonio, TX (took a day)
In person skills test, 10 minute scripted phone interview, background check
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
None, straight offer
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Clerk at US Census Bureau
Posted Jun 4, 2010
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 (took a day)
To apply, I had to fill out an application and take a test
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Clerk at US Census Bureau
Posted Feb 28, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2008 (took a day)
There is a basic skills test, essentially a literacy test. I checked IQ/Intelligence test above because that is probably the closest although on second thought, a skills test would be closer. If you finished 8th grade you should have no trouble with this test. Make it 6th grade. You take the test and then wait a couple of weeks or months depending on various factors for them to call you for an interview. Then you are given the option of phone or in-person interview.
I chose the in-person, although in retrospect I don't think it makes a difference. The interview for the clerk position is not challenging. Apparently they just want to verify that you can understand and speak English at a fairly basic level and that you did not utter any obscenities and can be somewhat courteous.
Here are the questions that I can remember:
1. Do you have transportation to get here?
2. Why do you want this job?
3. Do you have computer experience? A simple "yes" here is a good answer. I don't think elabloration is required.
4. If offered this job, will you accept it?
There were no challenging questions that I can recall. None of those "tell me about a time that you had a conflict with a co-worker and explain how you resolved it" None of that. Not even a "tell me about yourself" .
I was grateful for that.
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Negotiation Details
There is no negotiation. You take what is offered. I think. Maybe I should have tried to negotiate. Probably would not have worked.
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Clerk at US Census Bureau
Posted Jun 29, 2009
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2009 (took 2 months)
I took a skills test in December, and enumerated for a month in April. After that, I submitted an application for a clerk position in the middle of May. I had my interview in the first week of June.
It was a challange- I was interviewed by 3 people, and each person was from a different department, with different skills sets desired. But, I played it straightforward and confidently, and made a good impression!
The interview took 45 minutes to the tee.
A week later, they called around for references- and they do check, so be careful- and that came out all right.
A week after that, I was offered the job!
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Negotiation Details
I was not able to negotiate my pay or grade.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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