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Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  I completed the Minneapolis wonderlic and also received the invite for Vermont wonderlic yesterday, Good deal! Best of luck with your Writing Samples! Tex Thank you so much, best of luck to you too, I did a writing sample at the request of San Diego, it was not through wonderlic, rather a direct request from an email sent directly from San Diego field office. They provided the topic of the essay and gave 2 days to return via reply to their email. It was about 2 1/2 weeks or so ago, hopefully I get an interview, but it has been a while,
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Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  I completed the Minneapolis wonderlic and also received the invite for Vermont wonderlic yesterday, Good deal! Best of luck with your Writing Samples! Tex Thank you so much, best of luck to you too, I did a writing sample at the request of San Diego, it was not through wonderlic, rather a direct request from an email sent directly from San Diego field office. They provided the topic of the essay and gave 2 days to return via reply to their email. It was about 2 1/2 weeks or so ago, hopefully I get an interview, but it has been a while, San Diego hasn't contacted me about my application, that would be one of my top choices.. I'm jealous!
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Originally Posted by: teeeeej  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  I completed the Minneapolis wonderlic and also received the invite for Vermont wonderlic yesterday, Good deal! Best of luck with your Writing Samples! Tex Thank you so much, best of luck to you too, I did a writing sample at the request of San Diego, it was not through wonderlic, rather a direct request from an email sent directly from San Diego field office. They provided the topic of the essay and gave 2 days to return via reply to their email. It was about 2 1/2 weeks or so ago, hopefully I get an interview, but it has been a while, San Diego hasn't contacted me about my application, that would be one of my top choices.. I'm jealous! Yes, San Diego is also one of my top choices,, I still have not heard anything from them regarding an interview though and it has been a while so I don't know if I will get an interview,,l
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Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: teeeeej  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  I completed the Minneapolis wonderlic and also received the invite for Vermont wonderlic yesterday, Good deal! Best of luck with your Writing Samples! Tex Thank you so much, best of luck to you too, I did a writing sample at the request of San Diego, it was not through wonderlic, rather a direct request from an email sent directly from San Diego field office. They provided the topic of the essay and gave 2 days to return via reply to their email. It was about 2 1/2 weeks or so ago, hopefully I get an interview, but it has been a while, San Diego hasn't contacted me about my application, that would be one of my top choices.. I'm jealous! Yes, San Diego is also one of my top choices, I still have not heard anything from them regarding an interview though and it has been a while so I don't know if I will get an interview,,l There is still time for them to contact you regarding an interview. I have seen others who have been contacted for interviews close to the 30 day mark after the writing sample.
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Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: teeeeej  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  I completed the Minneapolis wonderlic and also received the invite for Vermont wonderlic yesterday, Good deal! Best of luck with your Writing Samples! Tex Thank you so much, best of luck to you too, I did a writing sample at the request of San Diego, it was not through wonderlic, rather a direct request from an email sent directly from San Diego field office. They provided the topic of the essay and gave 2 days to return via reply to their email. It was about 2 1/2 weeks or so ago, hopefully I get an interview, but it has been a while, San Diego hasn't contacted me about my application, that would be one of my top choices.. I'm jealous! Yes, San Diego is also one of my top choices, I still have not heard anything from them regarding an interview though and it has been a while so I don't know if I will get an interview,,l There is still time for them to contact you regarding an interview. I have seen others who have been contacted for interviews close to the 30 day mark after the writing sample. Oh I hope that is the case,, San Diego would be so awesome,, I am sending great thoughts your way too,, I hope you get a great ISO interview soon,,
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Besides the NOR, has anyone heard back from the Laguna office (CIS-DHA-10515293-WSC)?
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Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: teeeeej  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  I completed the Minneapolis wonderlic and also received the invite for Vermont wonderlic yesterday, Good deal! Best of luck with your Writing Samples! Tex Thank you so much, best of luck to you too, I did a writing sample at the request of San Diego, it was not through wonderlic, rather a direct request from an email sent directly from San Diego field office. They provided the topic of the essay and gave 2 days to return via reply to their email. It was about 2 1/2 weeks or so ago, hopefully I get an interview, but it has been a while, San Diego hasn't contacted me about my application, that would be one of my top choices.. I'm jealous! Yes, San Diego is also one of my top choices, I still have not heard anything from them regarding an interview though and it has been a while so I don't know if I will get an interview,,l There is still time for them to contact you regarding an interview. I have seen others who have been contacted for interviews close to the 30 day mark after the writing sample. Oh I hope that is the case,, San Diego would be so awesome,, I am sending great thoughts your way too,, I hope you get a great ISO interview soon,, Thank You, Oceania, we need to receive all the positive energy that we can from each other, ha ha. I hope you hear from them soon! If not, just continue applying. Sometimes you have to apply for 100 jobs to get 1...
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Originally Posted by: athena79  Besides the NOR, has anyone heard back from the Laguna office (CIS-DHA-10515293-WSC)? Negative. I don't really understand how they rank candidates. With santa Ana, I got the not and eventually got a not selected email, yet other offices seem to want me to do the wonderkic
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Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  I completed the Minneapolis wonderlic and also received the invite for Vermont wonderlic yesterday, Good deal! Best of luck with your Writing Samples! Tex Thank you so much, best of luck to you too, I did a writing sample at the request of San Diego, it was not through wonderlic, rather a direct request from an email sent directly from San Diego field office. They provided the topic of the essay and gave 2 days to return via reply to their email. It was about 2 1/2 weeks or so ago, hopefully I get an interview, but it has been a while, Interesting, was it the same essay or different? I guess they save $$ by not contracting with Wonderlic.
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Originally Posted by: teeeeej  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  I completed the Minneapolis wonderlic and also received the invite for Vermont wonderlic yesterday, Good deal! Best of luck with your Writing Samples! Tex Thank you so much, best of luck to you too, I did a writing sample at the request of San Diego, it was not through wonderlic, rather a direct request from an email sent directly from San Diego field office. They provided the topic of the essay and gave 2 days to return via reply to their email. It was about 2 1/2 weeks or so ago, hopefully I get an interview, but it has been a while, Interesting, was it the same essay or different? I guess they save $$ by not contracting with Wonderlic. It was completely different and they gave 2 days to do a multi paragraph essay in word format to return to the field office email directly,,
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Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: teeeeej  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  I completed the Minneapolis wonderlic and also received the invite for Vermont wonderlic yesterday, Good deal! Best of luck with your Writing Samples! Tex Thank you so much, best of luck to you too, I did a writing sample at the request of San Diego, it was not through wonderlic, rather a direct request from an email sent directly from San Diego field office. They provided the topic of the essay and gave 2 days to return via reply to their email. It was about 2 1/2 weeks or so ago, hopefully I get an interview, but it has been a while, San Diego hasn't contacted me about my application, that would be one of my top choices.. I'm jealous! Yes, San Diego is also one of my top choices, I still have not heard anything from them regarding an interview though and it has been a while so I don't know if I will get an interview,,l There is still time for them to contact you regarding an interview. I have seen others who have been contacted for interviews close to the 30 day mark after the writing sample. Oh I hope that is the case,, San Diego would be so awesome,, I am sending great thoughts your way too,, I hope you get a great ISO interview soon,, Thank You, Oceania, we need to receive all the positive energy that we can from each other, ha ha. I hope you hear from them soon! If not, just continue applying. Sometimes you have to apply for 100 jobs to get 1... I received an invite yesterday for interview with Minneapolis,
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Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: teeeeej  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  I completed the Minneapolis wonderlic and also received the invite for Vermont wonderlic yesterday, Good deal! Best of luck with your Writing Samples! Tex Thank you so much, best of luck to you too, I did a writing sample at the request of San Diego, it was not through wonderlic, rather a direct request from an email sent directly from San Diego field office. They provided the topic of the essay and gave 2 days to return via reply to their email. It was about 2 1/2 weeks or so ago, hopefully I get an interview, but it has been a while, San Diego hasn't contacted me about my application, that would be one of my top choices.. I'm jealous! Yes, San Diego is also one of my top choices, I still have not heard anything from them regarding an interview though and it has been a while so I don't know if I will get an interview,,l There is still time for them to contact you regarding an interview. I have seen others who have been contacted for interviews close to the 30 day mark after the writing sample. Oh I hope that is the case,, San Diego would be so awesome,, I am sending great thoughts your way too,, I hope you get a great ISO interview soon,, Thank You, Oceania, we need to receive all the positive energy that we can from each other, ha ha. I hope you hear from them soon! If not, just continue applying. Sometimes you have to apply for 100 jobs to get 1... I received an invite yesterday for interview with Minneapolis, Congratulations! I wish you the best!
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Probably a silly question, but does anyone know if the invites for interviews are all sent out at once? I'm from the Minnesota area and was really hoping for a crack at this position and it was my number one choice for location. I did the Wonderlic and am now waiting for follow-up.
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Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: teeeeej  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  I completed the Minneapolis wonderlic and also received the invite for Vermont wonderlic yesterday, Good deal! Best of luck with your Writing Samples! Tex Thank you so much, best of luck to you too, I did a writing sample at the request of San Diego, it was not through wonderlic, rather a direct request from an email sent directly from San Diego field office. They provided the topic of the essay and gave 2 days to return via reply to their email. It was about 2 1/2 weeks or so ago, hopefully I get an interview, but it has been a while, San Diego hasn't contacted me about my application, that would be one of my top choices.. I'm jealous! Yes, San Diego is also one of my top choices, I still have not heard anything from them regarding an interview though and it has been a while so I don't know if I will get an interview,,l There is still time for them to contact you regarding an interview. I have seen others who have been contacted for interviews close to the 30 day mark after the writing sample. Oh I hope that is the case,, San Diego would be so awesome,, I am sending great thoughts your way too,, I hope you get a great ISO interview soon,, Thank You, Oceania, we need to receive all the positive energy that we can from each other, ha ha. I hope you hear from them soon! If not, just continue applying. Sometimes you have to apply for 100 jobs to get 1... I received an invite yesterday for interview with Minneapolis, Did you do the Minneapolis wonderlic back on August 1? I guess i need to take a different approach if I do the wonderlic again. lol.
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Originally Posted by: teeeeej  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: teeeeej  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  I completed the Minneapolis wonderlic and also received the invite for Vermont wonderlic yesterday, Good deal! Best of luck with your Writing Samples! Tex Thank you so much, best of luck to you too, I did a writing sample at the request of San Diego, it was not through wonderlic, rather a direct request from an email sent directly from San Diego field office. They provided the topic of the essay and gave 2 days to return via reply to their email. It was about 2 1/2 weeks or so ago, hopefully I get an interview, but it has been a while, San Diego hasn't contacted me about my application, that would be one of my top choices.. I'm jealous! Yes, San Diego is also one of my top choices, I still have not heard anything from them regarding an interview though and it has been a while so I don't know if I will get an interview,,l There is still time for them to contact you regarding an interview. I have seen others who have been contacted for interviews close to the 30 day mark after the writing sample. Oh I hope that is the case,, San Diego would be so awesome,, I am sending great thoughts your way too,, I hope you get a great ISO interview soon,, Thank You, Oceania, we need to receive all the positive energy that we can from each other, ha ha. I hope you hear from them soon! If not, just continue applying. Sometimes you have to apply for 100 jobs to get 1... I received an invite yesterday for interview with Minneapolis, Did you do the Minneapolis wonderlic back on August 1? I guess i need to take a different approach if I do the wonderlic again. lol. I did the wonderlic August.1, maybe they are extending interviews in groups ? You might still get an interview, I have read where people get invites on different days,
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Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: teeeeej  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: teeeeej  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  I completed the Minneapolis wonderlic and also received the invite for Vermont wonderlic yesterday, Good deal! Best of luck with your Writing Samples! Tex Thank you so much, best of luck to you too, I did a writing sample at the request of San Diego, it was not through wonderlic, rather a direct request from an email sent directly from San Diego field office. They provided the topic of the essay and gave 2 days to return via reply to their email. It was about 2 1/2 weeks or so ago, hopefully I get an interview, but it has been a while, San Diego hasn't contacted me about my application, that would be one of my top choices.. I'm jealous! Yes, San Diego is also one of my top choices, I still have not heard anything from them regarding an interview though and it has been a while so I don't know if I will get an interview,,l There is still time for them to contact you regarding an interview. I have seen others who have been contacted for interviews close to the 30 day mark after the writing sample. Oh I hope that is the case,, San Diego would be so awesome,, I am sending great thoughts your way too,, I hope you get a great ISO interview soon,, Thank You, Oceania, we need to receive all the positive energy that we can from each other, ha ha. I hope you hear from them soon! If not, just continue applying. Sometimes you have to apply for 100 jobs to get 1... I received an invite yesterday for interview with Minneapolis, Did you do the Minneapolis wonderlic back on August 1? I guess i need to take a different approach if I do the wonderlic again. lol. I did the wonderlic August.1, maybe they are extending interviews in groups ? You might still get an interview, I have read where people get invites on different days, I got contacted for an interview today. Cool!
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Originally Posted by: teeeeej  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: teeeeej  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: teeeeej  Originally Posted by: Oceania  Originally Posted by: TexFed77  Originally Posted by: Oceania  I completed the Minneapolis wonderlic and also received the invite for Vermont wonderlic yesterday, Good deal! Best of luck with your Writing Samples! Tex Thank you so much, best of luck to you too, I did a writing sample at the request of San Diego, it was not through wonderlic, rather a direct request from an email sent directly from San Diego field office. They provided the topic of the essay and gave 2 days to return via reply to their email. It was about 2 1/2 weeks or so ago, hopefully I get an interview, but it has been a while, San Diego hasn't contacted me about my application, that would be one of my top choices.. I'm jealous! Yes, San Diego is also one of my top choices, I still have not heard anything from them regarding an interview though and it has been a while so I don't know if I will get an interview,,l There is still time for them to contact you regarding an interview. I have seen others who have been contacted for interviews close to the 30 day mark after the writing sample. Oh I hope that is the case,, San Diego would be so awesome,, I am sending great thoughts your way too,, I hope you get a great ISO interview soon,, Thank You, Oceania, we need to receive all the positive energy that we can from each other, ha ha. I hope you hear from them soon! If not, just continue applying. Sometimes you have to apply for 100 jobs to get 1... I received an invite yesterday for interview with Minneapolis, Did you do the Minneapolis wonderlic back on August 1? I guess i need to take a different approach if I do the wonderlic again. lol. I did the wonderlic August.1, maybe they are extending interviews in groups ? You might still get an interview, I have read where people get invites on different days, I got contacted for an interview today. Cool! Good luck to you!
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For those who did their fingerprint check, was the form sent to your email address or mailed to your physical address? How many days after the drug test did you receive the the fingerprint form/card?
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This thread has been a lot of help. Here is my timeline so far for ISO 2:
O6/10 - Applied 07/08 - NOR 07/08 - Referred 07/10 - Wonderlic Assessment 07/19 - Scheduled for in person panel interview 07/22 - Interview 07/25 - References checked 08/12 - Tentative offer
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Originally Posted by: GreatlakesISO  This thread has been a lot of help. Here is my timeline so far for ISO 2:
O6/10 - Applied 07/08 - NOR 07/08 - Referred 07/10 - Wonderlic Assessment 07/19 - Scheduled for in person panel interview 07/22 - Interview 07/25 - References checked 08/12 - Tentative offer
Congratulations! What office will you be working at? I figure you were already an ISO 1 there, since you had an "in person" panel interview for the ISO 2? Tex
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