U.S. Customs and Border Protection interviews FAQs
Customs and Border Protection Officer applicants have rated the interview process at U.S. Customs and Border Protection with 3 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% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Customs and Border Protection Officer roles take an average of 360 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at U.S. Customs and Border Protection overall takes an average of 150 days.
Common stages of the interview process at U.S. Customs and Border Protection as a Customs and Border Protection Officer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 33%
Drug test: 33%
Skills test: 33%
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I applied online. I interviewed at U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Interview
Structure Interview: get to the interview site at 8:30 AM and start around 10 o'clock. The interview measure your abilities to access different situations but I cannot tell you what they are, because I signed an agreement before the interview. Mostly measure your moral, ethical and common sense. So really nothing to study. But you can definitely read ahead about how law enforcement officers deal with things in certain situation. If you are a prior service in military, you'll probably ace these questions. We training to responds with these situations in Basic training, NCO academy and in BOLC. Remember that the first thing in every question to think about is safety of immediate factor.
I applied online. The process took 12 months. I interviewed at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Miami, FL) in Apr 2017
Interview
Panel interview that is recorded. They ask you questions of scenarios and you say what you would do in those different situations. They ask approximately 6-8 questions. After you finish the interview they took my biometrics.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you see one of your close co-workers is doing something they aren’t suppose to, how would you deal with this situation?