how timely is the CIA in regard to getting back to you when they say they will? i was told three weeks, it was three weeks last week, this is pre-interview phase, could they already be starting a background investigation?  just curious, thanks

I don't know if it is my speciality or what, but it seems every time I rattled the tree with the Agency I got a phone call a day or two later.  Step examples are.  I was contacted by a recruiter saying I was being considered for an analyst position 3 weeks after I submitted my online application.  Next due to some other issues my application was submitted, reviewed and put on hold by me, because I might be out of the country for an extended period of time and they couldn't process the application if I was.   When I emailed the recruiter saying I was now available I received a phone call 4 hours later for an interview.  Then it seemed they made a decision within a week after the interview and got back with me faster than they said they would.  My interviewer knew I was antsy, because I already had something in hand, but I wanted to go with the Agency if I could.  I have been offered a position, contingently.  Good luck on your stuff.

Ruckover wrote on Oct 8^th, 2004 at 8:14am:


I had my interview in October.  They told me it would be three weeks before I hear something.  They said if I didn't hear in three weeks, it wasn't a bad sign, and that I should contact them.