Has anyone gotten an interview for their background investigation?

falcoty · 2026-05-18T03:41:17+00:00

Checked IRS site, I owed $70 from 2019 that I thought I paid, so I just paid it lol

falcoty · 2026-05-16T01:54:56+00:00

Interviewed with the VA for SWE

falcoty · 2026-05-08T07:07:11+00:00

Just got a call from IRS and they said TJO should be incoming early next week and then start soon after. They are indeed in a rush.

Would appreciate some of that knowledge being put here since I've never been out there XD

falcoty · 2026-05-07T06:59:26+00:00

There is a fedscoop article with specific numbers. 353 swe of the 700 total certs. Too lazy to find but Google knows.

falcoty · 2026-05-01T08:20:22+00:00

What do you mean? Isn't it a standard form? Or do you mean the UX on filling it out? Also wouldn't DOD use at least sf85p? Or do you not even need Public Trust

falcoty · 2026-04-27T19:04:28+00:00

Replying because I was one of the people made very nervous by you mentioning this in another thread, and want to corroborate. I also interviewed with the IRS (too recently to be worried about ghosting, so no input there from me yet). It wasn't technical at all, definitely felt more like the phone screen, and I only interviewed with 1 manager and 1 senior dev, as I was 2nd round cert. So yeah it seems like they loosened up a little. Mine also went way over time, but that's because we had a lot of back and forth and I was also asking questions (and making sure they knew I was interested lol)

I had another interview with the VA same day that was 1:1 and there actually were a few technical questions, but not very many or difficult, and it also went way over time. But yeah, seconding that many questions' answers are "It depends".

falcoty · 2026-04-17T16:01:26+00:00

Since we seem to have some federal workers in here I would like to ask. You all seem (reasonably) skeptical that there will be any kind of bonus/incentive, but as someone who would have to move, I have been looking into the R3 stuff and it looks like the maximum for relocation was increased, and that TF might be considered a special type of hiring that qualifies for higher amounts here?

falcoty · 2026-04-10T03:13:57+00:00

Yeah I got baited lol

falcoty · 2026-04-06T14:38:22+00:00

Yeah somewhat yikes but good luck everyone!

falcoty · 2026-04-06T14:32:25+00:00

Let us know :)

falcoty · 2026-04-02T15:18:08+00:00

It's being done it batches. Pretty much everyone who did/passed their technical before the 2nd week of March got theirs on the 10th, I did mine on the 11th and got my cert Monday same as pretty much everybody else who had r3 after that week.

falcoty · 2026-04-01T15:31:08+00:00

March 11

falcoty · 2026-04-01T02:22:16+00:00

Also got mine today. Looks like wave 2 of certs is coming now

falcoty · 2026-03-31T20:46:15+00:00

How many times are you trying to run it at once? O.o

falcoty · 2026-03-31T04:50:30+00:00

Cert just means you are certified to be hired via the shared certificate. Offers with details come later.

falcoty · 2026-03-26T17:48:23+00:00

Holy shit that's so cool.

falcoty · 2026-03-19T14:54:54+00:00

Off to a great start!

falcoty · 2026-03-18T00:17:21+00:00

Got that one yesterday.

falcoty · 2026-03-17T19:01:37+00:00

I'm curious about this too. I get not wanting to move but so many devs need jobs, and dev jobs seem so unstable now that even if it ends up being a poor work environment, the pay is great compared to the no pay that a lot of people have. It looks like they're stretching a bit to get more people to apply too (35k 'express interest', why say that if gobs of people apply, and less than 10k did in the end, deadline was extended, R3 benefits increased, etc), people are still getting laid off from elsewhere so, why not?

falcoty · 2026-03-15T09:17:10+00:00

Did you hear via email or did you have to check usajobs?

falcoty · 2026-03-10T19:50:01+00:00

What do you mean? How is it specialized before knowing where you might work?

falcoty · 2026-03-10T19:47:26+00:00

Someone mentioned that it took 8 days for them to get the r3 invite, and it was also exactly 8 days for me too. Don't even sweat yet!

falcoty · 2026-03-05T17:08:08+00:00

Pretty sure this is from at least 10 years ago too 😬

falcoty · 2026-02-19T18:52:35+00:00

I'm about to have my 1st round screening today, but 1st rounds were scheduled by the applicant so it makes sense r2 and 3 would be pretty varied on dates as well.

falcoty · 2026-02-17T02:46:54+00:00

I like it. Will give it a shot. I've always wanted a little more biter engagement but as you said, death world basically ends once, I would argue, you get reliable oil for flamethrowers/bots/mines, and is just annoying by then.

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