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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Another silly Fed app question
I'm looking at a Fed job that has an assessment questionnaire. So much better than the KSAs, but there are several questions that are phrased like this:
What level of experience do you have in this area?
A - None
B - Maybe I did it like one time.
C - I can do it with someone looking over my shoulder.
D - Totally can do it.
E - I am a badass at this. I am so badass that if you hire me you will never need to worry about this again.
I find myself ranking mostly D, since I feel confident in the tasks. But to really stand out, should I put mostly E? I just have trouble kicking my answer up a notch. If I was a reviewer I would expect the person applying could do most of the tasks with an expert level in some, not all.
Any insight?
Re: Another silly Fed app question
Baby248 - ETA 1/10/13
I definitely agree with this. The more Es you can put the better, as long as you can justify it in some way. I wouldn't put ANY A-Cs, they'll pretty much ignore your application.
TTC #2: BFP 12/17/11, m/c 1/7/12 and D&C 1/12/12
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Ditto. When I applied for my govt job they basically wrote it FOR me, specifically (I was doing it in my contracted position already). Wanting to be honest and modest, I answered lots of "D"s and didn't even rank to be interviewed. My boss waited until she could repost the application 6 months later because the only candidates that made it had lots of bonus points for being veterans, etc., and nothing on their resumes was even remotely related to some of the duties, our subject matter, or magazine work in general.
The second time around, at my boss's suggestion I answered Es for everything, and was ranked first, and got the job. I wish I had done that the first time around!
I agree with another poster that said if you can justify E (even if it is a week justification) put it down. In my experiance as both an applicant and a interviewer in the federal government, very rarely do this questions come up during the interview. If you get ranked than that means that the hiring manager is looking at your resume and what is on your resume is what gets you into the interview.
I did make the mistake of applying and interviewing jobs that I had no interest in; this is easy to do especially since the hiring process is so slow (it took 7 months from applied to start for my current position).