U.S. Customs and Border Protection interviews FAQs
CBPO 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 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for CBPO roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 3 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 CBPO according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
IQ intelligence test: 17%
Other: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Drug test: 17%
Group panel interview: 17%
Background check: 17%
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I interviewed at U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Interview
The interview was all straight forward scenario questions. They ask you how you would react and there was no limit to how many times you could ask them to repeat the question.
I interviewed at U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Interview
Applied online, took the CBPO exam, then moved on to medical and PFT before the interview. The wait until the interview took about five months. The polygraph is the real "killer" due to its high fail rate. However, the interview itself is very easy.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The ask situational questions to see how you would respond or react to a given scenario.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Los Angeles, CA) in Mar 2014
Interview
Formal 3 person panel with life experience and scenario based questions. The panel also asked various hypothetical scenario questions regarding your integrity, maturity and decision making.
Glassdoor is asking way too much in regards to this question. I can not give the answers to the test but just what types of questions that are asked.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A time when I was a project lead or team leader in a difficult time