I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Public Defender Service For The District Of Columbia (Washington, DC) in Jun 2022
Interview
2-month long process. Two interviews. Asked hypo questions, and quizzed me on the mission/PDS and the role, they tried to gauge my views on the CJ system and PDS work. Finally, many questions about experience and myself.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you know about PDS? What does the mission mean to you? how do you handle competing deadlines? Many hypos about uncooperative witnesses. Have you ever written a report?
I applied online. I interviewed at Public Defender Service For The District Of Columbia
Interview
2 interviews, each with a writing prompt that you had to submit after. made it through both rounds, but wasn't offered a position unfortunately. important to be super qualified and have a lot of investigative skills prior!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what would you do if you were supposed to go on a vacation but your there was an outstanding witness that needed to be interviewed
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Investigative Specialist applicants have rated the interview process at Public Defender Service For The District Of Columbia with 4 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 78.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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