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I have read in several places about the SSG and the job sounds boring as hell. Sitting and rotting in a car doing surveillance should be a dandy.

Bring toothpicks to hold your eyelids open. 

Go another route brother or you will slit your wrists.

SSG Recruit,

I sent you an email, hope that was ok. But just in case you can read below.

I am in the middle of the SA and IS hiring process. 

If possible could you provide any information about the IS job, good and bad alike. I have to decide hear pretty soon which avenue to take. I want to get as good as possible view of the IS position, since there is not much out there.

In addition if you could maybe give a comparison sort of speaks of the IS to SA. I know they are two completly different jobs but any insight in that route would also be very helpful.

Also, relocation how does that work for the IS?

Money and retirement issues really don't matter regarding choosing one over the other.

Thanks for any input,

Hi SSG Recruit,

  I sent you a PM related to the position and this thread.  I would like to know as much as possible about what I'm getting myself into!

Thanks

Hello, I am interested in any advice that can be given concerning the interview process? 

I am interviewing for positions with the FBI in SSG and as a Special Agent. 

Any advice on how I may best prepare for these interviews would be most appreciated. 

Thank you,

Aspirant

To G-Man:

What is the FBI's policy on hiring and previous drug use?

Good morning,
I recently was notified that I was chosen for a SSG position. I was told the next step is my Background Investigation. Can anyone tell me what is next? Poly? More interviews? I already had one interview. What does the pay start at for a GS 7? How long before I start training? How long is training? Do I live at Quantico when I go to training? You can email me if it's easier. Thanks a lot.
Many, many questions...
K

Alot of good information in this thread.  I gently remind you that support positions are still considered second class citizens in the fbi.  If you are using this position as investment towards SA, good luck.  Do not use this position as career investment towards another support position.  It is a very poor investment of your time and career if you are trying to attain career status (dead end).  I know I am very blunt but honest.

Regards.

If you’re still getting positive attention, that is a good thing.  I recently finished up everything but now find myself on silent hill.  From what I have been told, you will be receiving a letter in the mail when you’re all done, and that it goes out to a number of people all at once in order to fill an available class.  So they pick how many they need off the eligible list, and it goes from there.  I guess this letter will contain your report date, reiterating your grade and pay, and additionally of course, the official "Welcome to the Bureau" lead off sentence.  But the bottom line is, as it was said to me, that if you have completed everything, then you are in.  If everything is good on their end, then you are good to go, hello 7 weeks in Quantico.  

I am not at all new to the Federal hiring process, and that goes for a number of positions, and usually notifications of EOD dates are received through a phone call.  In my experience, you might receive a phone call for most positions informing you of your final hire, followed by an e-email containing your information and instructive documents.

Nevertheless, if this is true of a class having begun July 21st, and your source is a good one, then it may be safe to say that we are in for a bit of a wait, perhaps a couple months –not to discourage anyone, but I’ve been doing this far too long to pump you-guys up only to be waiting for another 6 months of nothing.  Come to think of it then, this would explain the July 2nd hiring push.  

If it’s already been noted on this forum, good, and I will say it again, to keep pumping out those 612’s to agencies, and create as many job options as you can.  Keep yourself busy by doing that, and it will go a lot faster.  Before you know it, you will receive your cool as* Bureau badge and credentials, be walking into your field office, getting welcome aboard handshakes, your car keys, cell phone, pain in the as* paper work, swear in ceremony, and your SSG nick name (think of something cool, like “Pac Man”, or “Spy Hunter”.  A couple years locked in, you’ll be GS 11 or have move onto Team Leader, making good money.  That’s right, I did say good money, because I come from the gutter, literally, where this Devil Dog has done worse for much less –to include 4 months in An Nasiriyah Iraq/2003 getting paid $1,800 a month while trying to keep my limbs attached and AK rounds from scuffing my brand new flak jacket.  So for those that have slammed this gig, ask me if I will be complaining while sipping Starbucks with my IPOD, note pad, pen, and camera pack in my car following folks possibly perpetrating the fraud in the homeland.  It’s all about what you make of it. 

Now, retirement….yes…..now that is a different story, I agree, and having that 6C Law Enforcement coverage is something to smile about.  But it’s not the only way to smile.