The following steps happen prior to accepting the offer from SAIC: # 1- A phone interview with the third party hiring company(6 month hire to contract) # 2- A phone interview with the hiring manager # 3- Face-to-face with the hiring manager and a few others from the team # 4- The team decided to offer me the position, in which I accepted *It was not uncommon to do a 6 month contract to hire since for the contract I was hired for since I came to find out that a few others have done the same through the same staffing Agency. *After 6 month, the hiring manager decides whether they want to extend you a full time job offer for SAIC based on your performance throughout the 6 months.