AUSA/USAO hiring Forum

[Anonymous User]

How long before you got a rejection? I assume if you get an interview, they aren't going to just leave you hanging, right?

I interviewed 3 weeks ago first round. Haven't heard anything from them.

[Anonymous User]

How long before you got a rejection? I assume if you get an interview, they aren't going to just leave you hanging, right?

I interviewed 3 weeks ago first round. Haven't heard anything from them.

A month is as long as I've gone without hearing about a second interview. Never had a first round screener ding, though.

Which office?

[Anonymous User]

I had a six week gap between second round interview and being notified of being selected for a third round. It’s mind numbingly slow.

What office?

[Anonymous User]

How long before you got a rejection? I assume if you get an interview, they aren't going to just leave you hanging, right?

I interviewed 3 weeks ago first round. Haven't heard anything from them.

A month is as long as I've gone without hearing about a second interview. Never had a first round screener ding, though.

Which office?

Interesting, thanks.

I had a six week gap between second round interview and being notified of being selected for a third round. It’s mind numbingly slow.

What office?

Got it. thanks.

This was for EDCA.

[Anonymous User]

Had a final round interview recently for an AUSA gig. The day after the interview they called my references and asked one reference if they would be willing to do a background investigation for me and sent that person forms to complete. Has anyone encountered a reference being asked to do background investigation work before you even received an offer?

Did you end up getting an offer?

[Anonymous User]

Had a final round interview recently for an AUSA gig. The day after the interview they called my references and asked one reference if they would be willing to do a background investigation for me and sent that person forms to complete. Has anyone encountered a reference being asked to do background investigation work before you even received an offer?

Did you end up getting an offer?

Yes!

[Anonymous User]

Had a final round interview recently for an AUSA gig. The day after the interview they called my references and asked one reference if they would be willing to do a background investigation for me and sent that person forms to complete. Has anyone encountered a reference being asked to do background investigation work before you even received an offer?

Did you end up getting an offer?

Yes!

Congrats! Any chance it was DC?

[Anonymous User]

Had a final round interview recently for an AUSA gig. The day after the interview they called my references and asked one reference if they would be willing to do a background investigation for me and sent that person forms to complete. Has anyone encountered a reference being asked to do background investigation work before you even received an offer?

Did you end up getting an offer?

Yes!

Congrats! Any chance it was DC?

Yes, there is a chance.

[Anonymous User]

Had a final round interview recently for an AUSA gig. The day after the interview they called my references and asked one reference if they would be willing to do a background investigation for me and sent that person forms to complete. Has anyone encountered a reference being asked to do background investigation work before you even received an offer?

Did you end up getting an offer?

Yes!

Congrats! Any chance it was DC?

Yes, there is a chance.

Thanks for letting me know. I've been in purgatory with DDC for a while since my final interview...I wasn't sure how long the wait typically was, so this is helpful with giving me some "closure," even if I haven't officially gotten the ding.

Congrats again.

[Anonymous User]

Had a final round interview recently for an AUSA gig. The day after the interview they called my references and asked one reference if they would be willing to do a background investigation for me and sent that person forms to complete. Has anyone encountered a reference being asked to do background investigation work before you even received an offer?

Did you end up getting an offer?

Yes!

Congrats! Any chance it was DC?

Yes, there is a chance.

HUGE congrats! If you don’t mind sharing, what was your timeline?

[Anonymous User]

Sure (omitting quotes from post above)

End of June--> Sent Application, called for interview 2-3 weeks later
End of August--> First round interview, called for second interview 2 weeks later
Beginning of October--> Second round interview, emailed offer for final round interview one week later
Mid-October--> Final round interview, references were called day after final and offer extended two weeks after that

[Anonymous User]

Sure (omitting quotes from post above)

End of June--> Sent Application, called for interview 2-3 weeks later
End of August--> First round interview, called for second interview 2 weeks later
Beginning of October--> Second round interview, emailed offer for final round interview one week later
Mid-October--> Final round interview, references were called day after final and offer extended two weeks after that

Thank you. I had my second round about a month ago, but haven’t heard anything since then. Keeping my fingers crossed.

[Anonymous User]

Any sdtx offers?

[Anonymous User]

Post final interview and received a request for references. How (cautiously) optimistic can I be?

[Anonymous User]

Post final interview and received a request for references. How (cautiously) optimistic can I be?

Very cautiously. I had references called and didn't get an offer. I was really, really bummed. Either my references tanked me, or it wasn't enough of a tie breaker. Alternatively, I have a friend that got an offer a few days after references were called for her.

[Anonymous User]

Post final interview and received a request for references. How (cautiously) optimistic can I be?

Very cautiously. I had references called and didn't get an offer. I was really, really bummed. Either my references tanked me, or it wasn't enough of a tie breaker. Alternatively, I have a friend that got an offer a few days after references were called for her.

I’m sorry...that sucks. If you don’t mind my asking, was it for a smaller office hiring for one spot at a time or a bigger office with “rolling hiring,” so to speak?

[Anonymous User]

FWIW, mine were called from a big "rolling" office (not sure thats exactly what they do...they have postings and did not get to my app for like 8 months, but its huge), and I got an offer. However, I was told that they call references rather routinely and seems to be a decider rather than a confirmer.

[Anonymous User]

FWIW, mine were called from a big "rolling" office (not sure thats exactly what they do...they have postings and did not get to my app for like 8 months, but its huge), and I got an offer. However, I was told that they call references rather routinely and seems to be a decider rather than a confirmer.

If you don’t mind, how long from reference call to offer?

[Anonymous User]

For those who've been hired or know someone who has: in your experience how long does it take from tentative offer to final offer?

[Anonymous User]

Just about exactly 4 months for me. And not the cleanest BI either.

[Anonymous User]

FWIW, mine were called from a big "rolling" office (not sure thats exactly what they do...they have postings and did not get to my app for like 8 months, but its huge), and I got an offer. However, I was told that they call references rather routinely and seems to be a decider rather than a confirmer.

If you don’t mind, how long from reference call to offer?

I went back and looked. Just over 2 weeks from first reference convo to offer. But, 1) not sure when the last reference convo was and 2) i had other interviews upcoming and had told them about them.

[Anonymous User]

FWIW, mine were called from a big "rolling" office (not sure thats exactly what they do...they have postings and did not get to my app for like 8 months, but its huge), and I got an offer. However, I was told that they call references rather routinely and seems to be a decider rather than a confirmer.

If you don’t mind, how long from reference call to offer?

I went back and looked. Just over 2 weeks from first reference convo to offer. But, 1) not sure when the last reference convo was and 2) i had other interviews upcoming and had told them about them.

Thanks. Are you the DDC person who posted above?

[Anonymous User]

FWIW, mine were called from a big "rolling" office (not sure thats exactly what they do...they have postings and did not get to my app for like 8 months, but its huge), and I got an offer. However, I was told that they call references rather routinely and seems to be a decider rather than a confirmer.

If you don’t mind, how long from reference call to offer?

I went back and looked. Just over 2 weeks from first reference convo to offer. But, 1) not sure when the last reference convo was and 2) i had other interviews upcoming and had told them about them.

Thanks. Are you the DDC person who posted above?

Am not. Didn’t get an interview there.

[Anonymous User]

Any more recent news from DDC folks? I’m waiting for third round invite.

[Anonymous User]

Sure (omitting quotes from post above)

End of June--> Sent Application, called for interview 2-3 weeks later
End of August--> First round interview, called for second interview 2 weeks later
Beginning of October--> Second round interview, emailed offer for final round interview one week later
Mid-October--> Final round interview, references were called day after final and offer extended two weeks after that

I also got an offer from DDC and my timeline was way longer than this. So for any DDC applicants: if your process is taking longer than this it’s not necessarily bad news.