TSA interview questions
Updated May 21, 2025Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 13%In PersonIn Person
Interview search
21 interviews
TSA interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at TSA as 52.9% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.94 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Lead Transportation Security Officer and Tsa Agent rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Transportation Security Officer and Tso roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at TSA takes an average of 122 days when considering 17 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Lead Transportation Security Officer had the quickest hiring process (on average 45 days), whereas TSA OFFICER roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 270 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at TSA according to 17 Glassdoor interviews include:
Drug test: 21%
Group panel interview: 17%
Skills test: 16%
Presentation: 10%
One on one interview: 9%
Background check: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Other: 5%
Phone interview: 5%
Personality test: 5%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- TSO (Transportation Security Officer)(32) ;
- TSO Officer(8) ;
- Customer Service Representative(7) ;
- Tso(7) ;
- Security Officer(6) ;
- Supervisor(4) ;
- Consultant(3) ;
- Federal Air Marshal(2) ;
- LTSO(2) ;
- Officer(2) ;
- Order Management Agent(2) ;
- STSO(2) ;
- Sales Consultant(2) ;
- Screener(2) ;
- TSA OFFICER(2) .
