La procedura ha richiesto più di 2 mesi. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Booz Allen Hamilton (Baltimore, MD)
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Disclaimer: I do not have a Full Scope Polygraph, and I work in the Maryland area.
I attempted to apply to Booz Allen over a span of two months. I had two current employees attempting to help get my resume in front of the right people. Over this time period I spoke with no less than four recruiters, and was frequently left without response for weeks at a time. None of the recruiters were Booz; they all were outside consultants with MBO Partners. It was very clear throughout the whole process that as soon as they learned I didn't have an FSP, I was the lowest priority.
One month in, I applied to an open position that did not require a clearance; I finally got a call four weeks later about my application, long after I'd given up and accepted work elsewhere. During this four week period, I worked with two different recruiters trying to get my application seen, and both dropped out of contact without warning.
I get it. The NSA and full-poly jobs are the biggest thing going for Booz. Other things are not a priority. But this experience was far and above the most frustrating hiring experience I've ever seen. I would have even accepted honest responses: "I primarily look at full-scope people. I will try to help you, but it could be awhile while I focus on priority applicants."
But being ignored mid-discussion is bad enough once, much less by four independent individuals.
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Do you have or are you willing to sit for a full-scope polygraph?
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 2 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Booz Allen Hamilton nel mese di nov 2024
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The interview was roughly an hour. Only 15 minutes of technical questions. Mostly basic python syntax and web development questions. The role seemed very interesting, I think overall the company is strong and does interesting work. However, after I got the offer they shared the relocation package which amounts to around 5k. I expressed this was not appropriate for a home owner and they refused to adjust on the salary or provide a sign on bonus to offset the costs of selling a house. I declined the offer because of this. If they have a job opening that does not require relocation I would apply.
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How would you debug a daisy chain of function calls?
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 2 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Booz Allen Hamilton (Washington, DC) nel mese di ago 2024
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Straightforward. Apply to a position (several in my case) online, and then a recruiter from one of those teams reached out.
Recruiters have specialties such as "DevOps for customer X" or "software engineering for customer Y." My recruiter was unsure about two of the three teams I applied to such as what exactly they were looking for or any more details on the job descriptions.
The recruiter asked that I apply to a placeholder position. I did, and that was the only interview they put forward. I verified "this isn't the actual job right? Because that's not what I want to do." The recruiter said "no, this is for all the jobs you applied to."
That was false. It was for a SWE role with tasks and a customer I wasn't interested in. No one aside from the undesirable role was on the interview.
The team I interviewed with was nice. The interview wasn't difficult, and the people were nice. I would give them a thumbs up with they recruiter had followed through on my other apps.
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What projects are you working on. Give us an example of how you would solve some problem with [tech list on your resume].
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Booz Allen Hamilton
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Tech questions, behavioral, spoke with recruiter and set up a interview with engineers on the team. Then waited for 1-2 weeks for a response. Overall a rather quick process. Only had to speak with one other engineer, and not a group of them.