After I applied, it was several months before I actually got my interview.  Ignore that "45-day" rule.  When you apply, you get a message saying that you will be contacted within 45-days if the agency is interested, but that your application will remain on file for a full year and you can still be contacted if there is interest.  These two statements contradict each other.  They should just tell applicants that you can be contacted within a year.  They give you a timeframe (45 days) just to reduce the number of applicants who bug them for a status update.  This way, not many applicants will call/email before 45 days, and most will think that after 45 days that they didn't get in so they still won't contact the agency. Some people hear something a few days after their application, others, ,like myself, have to wait several months.  Don't hold your breath, just apply and forget about it.  If you hear something, great!  If not, screw them.

That is awesome, all that kind police should be in prison whole life.

Thank you for your comment George.
I actually called my university to find out my employment history. I was told that one of the job now has a new manager and the other one showed that I left because it was a tempt position. Should I include those jobs that I did not get a W-2 form and the supervisors will not remember anything about me after all?
and Will the investigator check my social to find all my employment history (I know they will pull out my credit report for sure)?

Another concern I have is there were this one job (in the supermarket) I worked for one week and left because I had to go home to finalize my study abroad trip.
Will I get denied because of my past employer/s (all were part time) deny to re-employ me??

Thanks in advance for helps

You don't qualify for the program if you're a senior.

The site states that students leaving high school, freshmen, and sophomores may apply for the program. Also, I guess you didn't see it in my post, but I wrote "According to their site, they will contact you within 45 days if you meet their designated requirements".

I would wait until you graduate. If you apply now they'd probably figure you don't know how to read since the programs (at least, as far as I'm aware) are designed for undergraduate freshmen and sophomores.

To my understanding, it's also very difficult to get hired into a permanent position right out of college unless you're a foreign language major.

Good luck.



UPDATE ON MY OWN STATUS:

I have not been contacted and it has nearly been 45 days. I assume they will not be calling. As such, I have contacted the career services at my school in hope of re applying with a university backing me.

Standard Form 85P is a Questionnaire for Positions of Public Trust. Those seeking positions of public trust have an ethical obligation to be honest in completing their applications. The instructions for the form say nothing about omitting jobs for which you do not have a W-2.

To be effective as a countermeasure, such muscle tensing would have to produce physiological responses measurable by the polygraph. I don't know whether such would be the case, and to the best of my knowledge, there is no peer-reviewed research on this matter. Under the circumstances, I think it would be safer to choose a tested countermeasure such as mental arithmetic or tongue biting.

Hello,
I have this question about past employment on the SF-85P form. I just graduated from college and now at age 22. When I was 18 and 19, I worked on various jobs on campus in a very short time. I only reported tax to one because the amount was too little and by law im excepted, however, state tax were deducted from my pay check. Some of the jobs I left without notice so Im worried what my supervisor will answer on the form so I do not really want to include them. My question is, for those jobs that i do not have a W-2 form on, should I still put it down on the sf-85P??

I was just wondering since I am one of the few that can control their tensor tympani muscle (located inside your head near the ear) would tensing that be a good countermeasure or like the sphincter could it throw off the readings too much?

If one was high on drugs,or drunk, would the test be valid? I assume they sometimes test prison populations, but many of those inmates might be coked up or wired on crystal meth.

If one were to honestly fake good,would taking a sedative or some such "happy pill" do the trick?

Each case is different and the time varies, but if you have not received a call in the 45 days they will not notify you.  I'm pretty sure this is stated somewhere on their website.  By the way are you still an undergrad in your senior year applying for a permanent position, or did you graduate this past May?  Just curious because I'm planning on applying, but I don't know if I should wait till I graduate or apply in the Fall since it takes 6-12 months.