I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Environmental Protection Agency in Jan 2014
Interview
Contacted 3 weeks after applying. In total I had 3 interviews, but only the first one was interested in gauging my applicable skills and was in person. Other two were more of an informal 'get to know you/the agency/position better' interviews and occurred over the phone. All were panel interviews ranging from 2-3 people, and included either my immediate supervisors or fellow staff members where they asked pre-chosen questions and wrote down my responses. I received an offer from HR a little under a month after first being contacted. I was cleared to start working 1.5 months after receiving my offer.
I interviewed at Environmental Protection Agency (New York, NY)
Interview
Several month process to be hired and usually includes two rounds of interviews with a panel of staff and the manager of the team. Takes a while to be onboarded.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your experience with grants and contracts?
Online interview with panel for 30 minutes. Asked simple questions, and not technical. Afterwards they said the would reach out to references and that I will hear back from HR if I got the position.
Interviewed by 6 people. Interview lasted for 30 minutes. Questions were generic. They have asked to describe my work and about myself. Second round of interview was conducted and same questions were asked.
Environmental Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Environmental Protection Agency with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Environmental Scientist roles take an average of 88 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Environmental Protection Agency overall takes an average of 60 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Environmental Protection Agency as a Environmental Scientist according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 27%
Background check: 27%
Skills test: 13%
Other: 13%
Drug test: 7%
Presentation: 7%
Phone interview: 7%
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