Must have a technical background usually with a B.S. in a STEM field. After completing company command, you can apply to become an operations research and systems analyst. If selected, you’ll attend a course to reinforce the mathematical and analytic skills needed to be successful as an ORSA. Once the course is complete, you’ll interview for assignments across the army. ORSAs are assigned starting at the division level, but will have larger pools of researchers in places like DC, Fort Leavenworth, and other research hubs.

Interview is non-existent with the military as they, typically, vet you by way of your scores (military aptitude), your degree discipline, and your aptitude for physical fitness. When speaking to a recruiter, you should be the one asking the questions in order to determine your "goodness of fit."