I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at US Forest Service in Oct 2021
Interview
Simple phone call with Program Manager, but the HR process is a nightmare. The entire system is centralized and over encumbered. If you can even make contact with someone from the Forest you are OK, but HR is a black box pulling applicants at random.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about why you are interested in this position?
I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at US Forest Service (Reno, NV) in Feb 2012
Interview
Long, drawn-out bureaucratic process with canned questions. However, there was no limit on how long you could make the answers and where you could go with them. Actual hiring took months.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give an example of how you handled a situation where someone disagreed with you.