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Received mine at the same time. I was hoping the schedule it further out. I ended up taking it yesterday.

Probably late spring/early summer ‘22. My KaSE was in March or April, interview in June, conditional offer in August, start date in November. It was 12 months from my application date to start date.

I know the announcements after mine were 2-3 months faster.

Can any agents speak to whether or not getting a CFE cert is worth it? Working through my accounting credits, and have a couple years specialized experience, so I am gearing up to put a good application package in for the next announcement. Getting my CFE is on the table, but if it's not really worth it, then I will put it on hold.

Yeah same I took my CFE a few years ago. It wouldn't be too helpful with the IRS nor in tax private sector.

It helps in banking, insurance etc.. or any large corporation working in fraud or audit or SOX controls. You're probably going to get a 6 figure package (not a 6 figure base/ median salary probably 75K) if you're decent at your job. https://www.acfe.com/upl...ents/2013-comp-guide.pdf

CFE is probably more helpful with OIG or FBI work from what I hear.

I can say someone like dubyac if he/she is a ci with the irs and wanted to transition to the private sector it would provide a large network like any letter designation and probably would get a 6 figure base.

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I did recently obtain my CFE. I was referred for the most recent vacancy announcement but not for the 2020 announcement. I don’t know if that made the difference. My experience with white collar didn’t change much between 2020 and 2021, but I did reword my resume.

I’m told that OIGs put more emphasis on the CFE than other 1811 organizations. Anecdotally, that appears to be true for me. No interviews prior to getting my CFE but I have had interviews and an offer since then.

I had the CFE, I have my CPA and masters in accounting. Everything considered, I don’t think the money I spent on the CFE was worth it (and I had a student discount at the time).

I don’t think I learned anything from the CFE you couldn’t get out of Wikipedia. Between the academy, all the annual trainings, all the additional trainings offered locally and at FLETC, you’ll be able to learn more that’s directly applicable to the job.

If you want to do it to get the certification, and have the time and means, go for it. If you don’t, and have to choose between the CFE or accounting credits or experience, I say drop the CFE.

If I could go back in time do it over again, I would have obtained an accounting certificate instead. I needed a quick boost for my resume and the CFE was only a couple months of studying. I learned more useful investigation-related information studying for the KASE (accounting textbooks). A third of the CFE exam seems to cover material you would learn in financial and managerial accounting courses.

Thanks. I’ll likely take the OIG offer even though I’d probably enjoy working at IRS CI more.

At the virtual job fair, HR said it was a small possibility for November, but that most likely it would be early next year.

This November. He stated that they were attempting to post the new job announcement then but that it was more likely to be early next calendar year (2022).

I'm not sure what you mean that you passed RA/TCO and bc you passed that you think you would pass for the CI Job Sim.

I've taken both and rated superior on both. I will say that the answers some may be similar, but there are answers where you would answer quite differently given each role.