NCIS Investigations Specialist

[patriot772]

Anybody else get referred for both grades for the NCIS Investigations Specialist in D.C???

[TROOP451]

I didn't get referred for this position, but I did get referred for an investigative position with the Army in DC and an investigative position with the Air Force Inspector Generals Office at McConnell AFB in Kansas. I received a phone call from the base Inspector General here at McConnell and we talked for about a half hour. Both are GS-12 positions. I have no issue taking either if offered.

[patriot772]

I didn't get referred for this position, but I did get referred for an investigative position with the Army in DC and an investigative position with the Air Force Inspector Generals Office at McConnell AFB in Kansas. I received a phone call from the base Inspector General here at McConnell and we talked for about a half hour. Both are GS-12 positions. I have no issue taking either if offered.

So you put in for the investigations specialist at NCIS but didn't get referred? Just trying to figure out if this referral means much in the whole scheme of things. If NCIS got 4K plus in applications for their 1811 position, I wonder how many they received for this one??

[TROOP451]

I will be honest with you, I'm not 100% sure if I applied to that position or not. I have applied for a lot of 1801 type positions too and the 2 I listed above I have gotten referrals for. I need to go back through my USAJOBS account and see. I didn't mean to make things more confusing for you, but my brain is like scrambled eggs right now with all the NCIS and AFOSI stuff I have done.

[Culper1773]

Redacted, sorry

[patriot772]

Not sure if this is the same position, but I applied to the NCIS 1811 position and was not referred. They have since sent me about, literally, 30 e-mails over the past month or so telling me I was not referred

This is a different position but I applied to the 1811 position too. Somewhat the same experience except I keep getting repetitive referral e-mails. I've got like 21 of them now...........ridiculous! I will say that you are not in that boat by yourself. I work with a few guys that have gotten like 19 or 20 denial letters.

Somebody on the NCIS March 2014 vacancy forum posted that it was because the hiring manager requested another certification list; so they are going through again and referring/denying people all over.

[sgt jon]

So you put in for the investigations specialist at NCIS but didn't get referred? Just trying to figure out if this referral means much in the whole scheme of things. If NCIS got 4K plus in applications for their 1811 position, I wonder how many they received for this one??

As you may know- not all jobs are created equal. While there will certainly be parallels, depending on not just the agency but office in question- a person could make it at one and miss the mark at another bases solely on a single phrase in either the announcement or resume.


As for volume for any given announcement- this can be difficult to predict and while historical trends help, so much goes into how many folks apply and to which positions, and when. While you have habitual applicants, there are some who will only apply at certain times and to certain offices. Then you need to look at folks who may have been picked up during a recent round of hiring actions- you can safely deduct about half of those from the potential pool.